Obituary of Mrs. Sarah McKinley, Randolph Co., IL  1909
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The Plaindealer, October 1909

Mrs. Robert McKinley of Tilden died Monday after a lingering illness. She was 
one of the oldest people of the county. She was a sister of Mrs. J. N. Wright 
of this city and who is in Tilden. The funeral of the deceased will take place 
today.

The Sparta News, October 1909
Mrs. McKinley Dead
Died, Mrs. Sarah McKinley at her home in Tilden, Ill., Oct. 18th, 1909, in the 
68th year of her age. Ms. McKinley was the daughter of Wm. And Susan McKee and 
was born in New York City in the year 1841, and removed in childhood with her 
parents to Illinois, where she has since lived. She was married to Robert 
McKinley, Oct. 10th, 1861, and has been his constant helpmeet ever since. To 
this union eight children were born, six of whom are still living, and with 
their father mourn the loss of a kind and loving wife and mother. Mrs. McKinley 
was a life long member by baptism and confession of the United Presbyterian 
denomination, being zealously devoted to her church and to the L.M.S., of which 
she was an active member and never absent from their services except o account 
of illness. Her last illness was very severe, though brief, but she bore her 
sufferings with Christian patience and the end was peace. Her's was a long 
pilgrimage and at its end she found not death, but life, life everlasting. 
"Blessed Funeral services were held Wednesday, Oct. 20th, conducted by her 
pastor, Rev. H. Rabb, assisted by Rev Nickerson, of the M. E. church. 
Internment in Tilden cemetery.