Obit for Sarah E. (DuVall) Gibson - Kingfisher County, Oklahoma 

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THE KINGFISHER TIMES, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1899.


Death of Mrs. GIBSON.


Died, at her home in this city, Tuesday morning, April 11th, Mrs.
Sarah E. GIBSON, aged 35 years.  Funeral services on Wednesday, 10
a.m. at the M.E. Church were conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. W.
SHERWOOD.  She leaves to mourn her loss, an affectionate husband and
three daughters, aged respectively 12 and 7 years and a babe of 4
months.

During most of her illness she was attended by her sister, Mrs. J. N.
OWEN of Eureka, Kansas, who was summoned home by telegraph to the
bedside of her daughter as Mrs. GIBSON was expiring.  Mrs. OWEN took
the first train at 4:45 a.m. quitting the home death had just visited
to go to her own sick daughter.

Miss Sarah E. DuVALL was born in Farmersburg, Indiana in 1864.  When
seven years of age she removed to eastern Kansas with her parents.
She was married there, August 25, 1886, to Mr. E. GIBSON and with him
went to Denver, Colorado, in 1889 and came to Kingfisher in 1893.  Her
husband has been connected with the Free Press in charge of its
mechanical department much of this period.  Mrs  GIBSON and their
eldest daughter united with the Methodist church two years ago and has
lived a consistent Christian life in her home and in every relation
that her environments brought to her.  As wife, mother and neighbor
she fulfilled to their utmost every requirement of love, benevolence
and religion.