Mrs. Sarah Jane Hern Obit - 1909 - Rockingham Co., VA ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ SOURCE: Harrisonburg Daily News, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Monday, February 1, 1909) HEADLINE: Mrs. Sarah Hern Dead. Widow of Jefferson Hern Succumbs to Consumption at Almshouse. ARTICLE: Mrs. Sarah Jane Hern, widow of Jefferson Hern, died at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon at the county almshouse, of which she had been an inmate for thirteen years. Her death was caused by consumption. Mrs. Hern’s maiden name was Wolfe. She was born 79 years ago a short distance north of Keezletown. After her marriage she lived for many years on Smith’s Creek. Interment was made in the almshouse burying ground yesterday afternoon.