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- Sarah Todd was born in the State of Indiana, February 11th, 1832, and died August 27th, 1891; aged 59 years, 6 months and 16 days.
She was united in marriage with Mr. Perry Sims on the 22d day of October, 1855. After their marriage they remained in Indiana until 1864, when they removed to Illinois, remaining in that State until 1878, when they came to Kansas and settled on a claim a short distance north of this city, and were among the first settlers of this community.
Six children were born to them, two sons and four daughters. Of the sons, one died in Indiana, and one of the daughters married before they came to Kansas and another soon after. So the family consisted of five persons, who shared the hardship and privations of frontier life; and none bore them more heroically than the subject of this memoir.
In May, 1880, Mrs. Sims was seriously injured by the cyclone that blew their house to pieces, and since that event has scarcely been able to leave home or attend to her accustomed duties, and has been a constant sufferer, the accident terminating in affection of the kidneys.
In the latter part of July she went to Eldorado Springs in the hope that a change of location and the medical advantage of the spring water would benefit her, but all to no purpose.
On Tuesday a.m., August 25th inst., Mr. Sims received a telegram from his daughter that Mrs. Sims was not expected to survive but a short time. Preparations were made immediately to reach Eldorado; Mr. Sims and two daughters, Maggie and Ella, taking the train for that place, and reached the bedside a few hours before the wife and mother passed to the “Land beyond the dark river.”
She was able to converse and recognized them after their arrival, and thus surrounded by husband and three daughters (Mrs. Taylor being present and caring for her mother) passed from labor to reward, one who was long and favorably known and respected in this community.
The train bearing the remains and the family of the deceased arrived in Little River on Saturday evening and were met by a large concourse of our citizens who accompanied them to our cemetery, where the body was laid to rest with impressive funeral services conducted by Rev. Barron of the M. -- [The remainder of the final sentence is cut off in the image.]
Clipping from 8/27/1891 LRM (Reprinted with permission, The Monitor-Journal, 248 Main Street, Little River, KS, 67457. Provided by Young Historical Library, 201 Main Street, P.O. Box 126, Little River, Kansas.) - via findagrave.com Cathy Kessinger
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