Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Sarah Wright ANDREWS ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ PASSING OF A PIONEER Mrs. Sarah Wright Andrews The death of Mrs. Sarah Wright Andrews which occurred Monday monring, Jan. 15, at nine o'clock was not unexpected by her family and nearest neighbors. For seven years she had suffered from Bright's disease and for six months had not left the house. She was born in Barkstone, Leicestershire, England, October 15, 1828. At the age of 20 she came with her parents to America and settled near relatives in La Fayette county. In the year 1850 she was married to John C. Andrews, a native of Ohio, and a Wisconsin pioneer. They started life on his farm near Argyle, Wisconsin, and there in a log cabin they spent many years rearing a family of five children. Her husband died January 5, 1896. Last October the eldest son, Byron died here at the old home and thirteen weeks later, the second son, Cassian died at his home in St. Clements, Md. She is survived by two daughters, Miss Eleanora and Marilla of this city and one son, Jerome, who resides in the state of Washington. Mrs. Andrews has been an occupant of the family residence in this city since 1868 when the family moved here for the improved school facilities. By a lifetime of serene kindness she has endeared herself to a wide circle of friends, both old and young. She has been a life long member of the Church of England, being one of the founders of St. John's parish. The funeral took place from her late residence Wednesday at 3 o'clock, the venerable Father William of Janesivlle officiating. January 18, 1912, Evansville Review, p. 1, col. 4, Evansville, Wisconsin