Mrs. Sarah Knewstubb 1823-1903
Argyle, Wisconsin
Died 19 September 1903
DEATH OF MRS. KNEWSTUBB
Mrs. Sarah Knewstubb, wife of the late Wm. Knewstubb, died on the old
homestead, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J.D. Sweeney, Sept. 19,
1903, aged 79 years, 10 months and one day. She had gone to the country
to visit her daughter, and spend a few days on the old farm where she
spent so many years, and where her husband had died, little thinking
that her days would be so few, and that the remaining hours beginning in
pleasure, would be turned into mourning.
The deceased was born at Ravenstonedale, England, Nov. 18, 1823. Her
maiden name was Sarah Bousfield, and she was united in marriage to Wm.
Knewstubb, Oct. 2, 1844. In 1852, she, with her husband and one child,
came to America and settled in Illinois, living there seven years, then
moving to Wisconsin. The last thirty-six years of her life were spent
in Argyle, Wis., and vicinity.
She became a member of the M.E. Church in 1869, and remained a faithful
and devoted Christian until her death. She always contributed to the
support of the Gospel, even when for years, through physical
misfortunes, she was unable to hear it preached. She was of a kindly
disposition, devoted to her own and living in peace with all mankind.
Rev. L. F. Rayfield preached the funeral sermon at the M.E. Church, on
Tuesday, and she was laid to rest in the family lot in the old cemetery.
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Submitted by a Great Great Grandaughter: Linda Ziemann--From the Family Scrapbooks of my Grandmother's first cousin, Fern Chapman Cooper, who was a “keeper.” She kept scrapbooks for years.