Obituary

Sarah E. Wright died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D. W. Dunkle, July 30, 1912 at 10 o’clock of old age. At the time of her death she was 90 years, 6 months and 24 days of age.

She was born at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1822. She was married in 1850 to James D. Wright, there being five children born to them, and four by her last husband.

Those by the first husband are Joseph Browning of Columbus, Ohio, Samuel Browning having died, Horace Browning of Blair, Neb., Emma Johnson of Denver, Colo.

Her children by her last husband are Mrs. D. W. Dunkle, of Woodbine, Iowa, Craig Wright of Blair, Neb., Mrs. Luther Melton, Lamonta, Oregon, and eighteen grandchildren, only two being present at the funeral, Sherman Slayback, Woodbine, Iowa, and Mrs. Ed Pyles of Crofton, Neb.

She was a member of the Methodist Church since fifteen years of age, her funeral being held from the Methodist church at Woodbine, Iowa, and preached by Rev. Ackerman of the Presbyterian church at 11;30 on August 2, 1812, and then her body was shipped to Kennard, Neb., and laid to rest by her last husband, short services being held at the grave.

The pall bearers at Woodbine, Iowa, were C.P. Fornod, E.V. Hawkins, E.D. Haworth, C.B. Williams, D.W. Bennett, H.B. Harris.

She was a kind and loving mother, a friend of all who knew her. She was faithful and patient to the last.

Note: Buried in Blk 3 Lt 47 Sp 2

Browning-Wright, Mrs. James (Sarah E Maxwell Wright)

Burial at Kennard Cemetery

#2 Published in Tribune on 14 August 1912

Mrs. James Wright, who was buried at Kennard, Neb., July 30, 1912, lived for perhaps thirty years with her second husband and family just south of the schoolhouse that still stands on their old farm in District 25, now known as the Browning.

This writer first visited them in May 1871, when they gave us their letters from the Methodist church in Ohio and became members of our charge in Ft. Calhoun, and for years, the Wright family visited backwards and forward with our family, part of our family sometimes making several days' visit to the farm and we were indebted to them for many kindnesses. So we can speak truly of the character of this noble, Christian woman, who lived when only one house stood between them and the Frazer farm four miles on the road to Ft. Calhoun. She was rather small and light of build, but it was wonderful the work she did in opening up a a new farm, caring for her children with so few conveniences as they had in those days, when the mortgage and the raw prairie were the principal assets.

W.H. Woods

#3 August 14, 1912 The Tribune, Blair, Nebraska

SARAH E. WRIGHT

Sarah E. Wright died of old age at the home of her daughter, Mrs. D.W. Dunkle, July 30, 1912, aged 90 years, 6 months and 24 days.

She was born at Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1822, and was married twice, the last time to James D. Wright in 1850, there being five children born to them and four by her first husband. Those who survive her are Joseph Browning, Columbus, Ohio; Horace Browning, Blair, Neb., and Emma Johnson, Denver, Colo., by her first husband, Mrs. D.W. Dunkle, Woodbine, Ia.; Craig Wright, Blair, Neb., and Mrs. Luther Melton, LaMonte, Ore., by her second husband; also eighteen grandchildren, two of whom, Sherman Slayback of Woodbine, Ia., and Mrs. Ed Pyles of Crofton, Neb., being at the funeral.

The funeral was held from the Methodist church at Woodbine, she having been a member of that church since fifteen years of age, and her remains shipped to Kennard and laid to rest by the side of her last husband, short services being held at the grave.

She was a kind and loving mother, a friend to all that knew her and was faithful and patient to the last.

~~~ Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~

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