Breckinridge-Meade County KyArchives Obituaries.....Stiff, Samuel A. June 18, 1910 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tanya Curtis aunttata@netzero.net September 24, 2006, 3:35 pm Newspaper clipping from family records; specific source not indicated Raymond Mr. S. A. Stiff Dies At The Age Of Sixty Seven Years Again our hearts are made sad and desolate by the death of our honored and beloved brother and neighbor, Mr. S. A. Stiff. He was born March 25, 1843, died July 18, 1910, age 67 years, 3 months, 23 days at time of death. Mr. Stiff was a man that was loved by all who had the good fortune to know him. About the year 1865 he was married to Miss Elizabeth F. Gilpin of West Mowland [sic; Westmoreland?] Co. Va. and unto this union five children were born. He is survived by his wife and two sons, Bush, of Los Angeles, Cal. and Otis of this place; four grand children[,] one brother and two sisters and a large number of friends. About fourteen years ago he proffesed [sic] faith in Christ and united with the Baptist church at this place and has lived a consistent member since, and during this time has filled various places in the church and Sunday-School at this place, being Trustee at time of death. We have not only lost a good neighbor and citizen but the church has sustained a great loss, but God knoweth and doeth all things right and we must be submissive to his will. The family have the sympathy of the entire community. Additional Comments: Samuel A. Stiff was a son of Nathaniel Stiff and Elizabeth Ann Robertson. He married Elizabeth Frances Gilpin 12 October 1865 in Meade County, Kentucky. Samuel A. Stiff is buried in the Raymond Baptist Church Cemetery, Raymond, Breckinridge County, Kentucky. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/breckinridge/obits/s/stiff3418gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/