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SARAH ATKINSON
[Humberstone News, 1872]
DIED- At the residence of Mr. Michael Antis, Humberstone, on the 24th of May 1872, Sarah, widow of the late William Atkinson, aged 95 years on the 28th of Feb. last. Deceased was the last of ten girls, daughters of Mr. Jacob Morningstar, who had also four sons, the youngest of whom is living and was 76 years of age last Christmas. The father of the late Mrs. Atkinson was 83 years of age and her mother over 90 at the time of their deaths. From a register, it is ascertained that at the time of her demise, she was the mother, grandmother and great-grandmother of 365 children. The old gentleman was a native of Germany; the old lady was born in Somerset County, Pa.-Com. by Peter Shisler, Esq.
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