OBIT: Sarah BAIRD, 1891, of interest in Blair County, PA

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Local Brevities.

  Our Frankstown correspondent writes: Mrs. Sarah, wife of Jonathan 
Baird, died at her home near Mentzer's mill, Monday evening, January 
19, aged 83 years.  The funeral took place on Wednesday, January 21, 
the interment being in the Lutheran cemetery near Yellow Springs.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Thursday, January 22, 1891

FRANKSTOWN FACTS.

  Another good woman gone to meet her dear ones who long ago passed 
over the river of Death.  Mrs. Sarah, the wife of Jonathan Baird, died 
on January 19 at the home of her son-in-law, Isaac Burns, near 
Mentzer's Mill, aged 83 years, 3 months and 1 day, she having been born 
on October 18, 1807, near Alexandria, Huntingdon county.  Her maiden 
name was Isett, and when only 14 years old she was married to Mr. 
George Ritz, who died many years ago.  By this union she became the 
mother of six children, all of whom are living but one - Sarah, wife of 
Isaac Burns; Alexander, Jane E., wife of Jacob McClelland; all of 
Frankstown township; Lucy Ann, deceased, wife of George Burns; Joseph, 
of Herndon, Virginia, and Sophia, wife of David Clark, of 
Hollidaysburg.  From her last marriage she was the grandmother of 
forty-one children and great-grandmother of twenty-two children.  She 
lived a consistent Christian life and died in the faith of her Savior, 
who she loved and obeyed.  She was a member of the Lutheran church and 
was interred in the Lutheran cemetery near Yellow Springs on January 
21.  Services were held at her late residence by Rev. Isaac Kreider, of 
Duncansville.  Peace to her mortal remains.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday, January 27, 1891