McCASLIN, Sarah (Price) Carson Jeffery

Date of Birth:  12 Jun 1812
Date of Death: Tuesday, 2 Jan 1872*

Source: The Watchman, 30 Jan 1872
Repository: Obituary Files, Johnson County Museum of History,
Genealogy Room, Franklin, Indiana

Mrs. S. P. McCaslin, wife of the late Harvey [sic Hervey] aged fifty seven years, was stricken with apo­plexy on Monday morning week at 10 o’clock, and after 2 o’clock on that day, was un­conscious until Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock, when death came and took her over the river.—Democratic Herald

*Sarah’s tombstone gives her death year as 1873. She couldn’t have died in 1873 as Tuesday, 2 January only occurs in 1872. As additional evidence, the newspaper clipping is also dated 1872.

Link to Sarah (Price) Carson Jeffery McCaslin’s grave

Submitted by Lois Johnson