RENCH, Sarah Anna (Doty)

Date of birth:  5 Apr 1838 – Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 5 Aug 1900 – White River Township, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 10, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 6, page 6 column 3

COUNTY NEWS.

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BARGERSVILLE.

Mrs. Anna Rench died at her home Sunday evening at 9:30 o’clock. De­ceased was a sufferer from consumption for a number of years. Funeral and burial at Mt. Pleasant church Tuesday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 24, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 8, page 4 column 3

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OBITUARY.

Mrs. Sarah A. Doty, wife of Levi Rench, who had been sick with con­sumption for over a year, quietly passed away Sunday evening at 9 o’clock, Aug. 5, 1900, at her home, one mile north of Bargersville.

She was the daughter of Peter and Christenia Doty, whose family consisted of 10 children. She was born April 5, 1838, and was married to Levi Rench, February 3, 1875. To this union three children were born, John W., Della M. and Henry H., all of whom, together with the husband, survive her. She united with the Christian church of Bargersville, Oct. 16, 1875, and lived a Christian life until death. She was highly respected by all who knew her and in the last hours of life she called her children about her and told them to live a noble life and meet her in the great beyond.

The funeral services were held at the home of the deceased, conducted by Rev. John C. Miller, of Nineveh, whose discourse was touching and sympathe­tic. She was buried at the Glenn cem­etery, known as Mt. Pleasant. Many relatives and friends followed her to her last resting place.

A precious one from us has gone,
A voice we loved is stilled;

A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.

God in His wisdom has recalled
The one His love had given,

And though the body moulders here,
The soul has gone to heaven.

E.E.M.     

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Link to Sarah Anna (Doty) Rench’s grave

Note: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, White River Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, Health Officer’s Record Number 14, page 203 records that Sarah A. Rench died at about 5 o’clock p. m. on 5 Aug 1900 in White River Township from consumption, aged sixty-two years and four months. She was female, white, married with no occupation listed. Her father’s name was Peter Doty, and her mother’s maiden name Christina Keasling, both born in Virginia. The informant was W. D. Utterback. Sarah was buried in Mt. Pleasant on 7 Aug 1900, Covert & Covert, undertaker.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson