Sarah C Chamberlain

Published in The Rochester Sentinel Friday, May 23, 1902

Mrs. [Chester] Sarah C. [SWARTWOOD] CHAMBERLAIN died Wednesday afternoon at the age of 59 years 6 months and 11 days. Her maiden name was Swartwood, daughter of John and Lydia SWARTWOOD, and she was born in Pennsylvania, November 20, 1842. With her parents, she moved to Winamac when she was six years old, and two years later to Rochester, where she has lived since. Married Chester CHAMBERLAIN in November 1865. Born to them five children, the one daughter dying in infancy. Mr. Chamberlain died in October 1887. She has been an invalid for several years. Four years ago she fell and broke her hip and it was never properly set. Post mortem by Drs. KING, TERRY and LORING, showed abscesses and gall stones, either of which would have caused death, and were found in the kidneys. Four children: William, Albert B., Harry and Jesse [CHAMBERLAIN]. Also two brothers, Chas. [SWARTWOOD], at Frankfort, and Sam [SWARTWOOD], of this city, and one sister, Mrs. Horace [Emma SWARTWOOD] SHELTON. Funeral will be at the residence Friday 2 p.m.; Rev. DeVOE.

SOURCE: Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs - 1901-1904 by Wendell C. Tombaugh

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