Hancock-Mercer County IL Archives Obituaries.....Harris, Sarah Elizabeth  September 30, 1913
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La Harper  October 10, 1913
Sarah Elizabeth Harris was born in Adair County, Kentucky, July 4, 1830.

In 1838 the family moved to McDonough County, Illinois, where they remained 
until 1846, then removed to Mercer County, Illinois, where she grew to 
womanhood.

At the early age of eighteen years she professed her faith in the Master and 
united with the Pope River congregation of the Old School Presbyterian church, 
and remained during her long and useful life a faithful, earnest member.

She taught several terms of district school in Mercer county.

In 1851 she was united in marriage to E. E. Harris, who preceded her to the 
better land March 4, 1912.  To this union were born seven children, all of whom 
died in infancy except two sons, Howard of Fountain Green, and William Wallace 
of Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, who survive to mourn the loss of a tender, loving 
mother.

In 1869 Mr. and Mrs. Harris removed with their children from Mercer County, to 
make their home in Fountain Green until September 30, 1913 the 60th anniversary 
of her marriage, when she passed quietly and peacefully to rest and to her 
great reward.  She was the first of a group of five sisters to be taken.  She 
lived a life of earnest thoughtfulness and good works, ever mindful of those 
about her, working for their eternal as well as temporal welfare.  As a young 
woman she radiated a strong, helpful influence as she went in and out among her 
friends, and in later years those who came to her for counsel, sympathy or 
fellowship, felt that here indeed lived a woman of God, and one who loved her 
fellow-men.  Her unassuming life of patient, loving service and unswerving 
faith will ever be, to those nearest and dearest, an inspiring and precious 
memory.

Additional Comments:
Wife of Ebenezer Harris

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