OBIT: Sarah (Messinger) Schuyler, 1916, Hanover, York County, PA

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Mrs. Sarah Schuyler

Mrs. Sarah Schuyler, widow of the late John H. Schuyler, an aged and well-known 
citizen of Hanover, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. S. Gerber, of No. 
446 Baltimore street, at 3:15 Friday afternoon following a prolonged illness of 
infirmities.  She was aged 84 years, 9 months and 7 days.

The deceased was a daughter of the late James Messinger, and was born in 
Frederick County, Md., September 7, 1831.  She was married Feb. 20, 185?, to the 
late John H. Schuyler, a miller.  Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler moved to Hanover 46 
years ago where the remainder of her life was spent.  The husband died in 1904.

The deceased leaves one daughter, Mrs. J. S. Gerber, with whom she resided; one 
granddaughter, Mrs. C. W. Martin, of Baltimore street; three sisters, Mrs. 
Thomas Flickinger, Mrs. Annie Harner, of Hanover; Miss Susan Harner, of 
Littlestown; two brothers, Martin Messinger, of Littlestown, and Ephraim 
Messinger, of York.

Funeral Monday at 2 p.m., services at her late home, Rev. A. M. Heilman, of St. 
Matthew’s Lutheran church, of which the deceased was a member for many years, 
officiating.  Interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

The Hanover Herald – Saturday, May 6, 1916

[A guess on the marriage date is 1853, 1855 or 1858]