SHAKE, Sarah Ann (Sturgeon)

Date of birth:  19, Nov 1827 – Shelby County, Kentucky
Date of death: 9 Mar 1897 – Greenwood, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 12, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 35, page 1 column 5

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Death of Mrs. James Shake.

Mrs. James Shake, age 69 years, died Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Watson, at Greenwood. The remains were brought to this city Wednesday morning accom­panied by the family, where C. M. Eaton of Trafalgar, took charge of the remains. The funeral procession then proceeded to Samaria, where funeral services were held at noon conducted by Elder E. A. Daugherty. Interment at Mt. Carmel.

Deceased was a daughter of James Sturgeon and had been a lifelong resi­dent of Johnson county. She was the mother of thirteen children, ten of whom are living. Two died in infancy and a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Gillaspy, died last fall.

Mrs. Shake was a lifelong Christian and a woman greatly beloved by her relatives and friends.

Among those from a distance who attended the funeral were R. W. Prather and wife, of Columbus, the latter being a daughter of deceased.

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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 12, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 35, page 6 column 4

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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GREENWOOD.

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Mrs. Jas. A. Shake on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Fred Watson, in East Greenwood, died last Monday evening. Funeral was held in the Christian church at Samaria Wednesday. Good, kind mother gone home.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday,April 2, 1897,
Volume XXXVII Number 38, page 5 column 2

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OBITUARY.

Again the messenger of death has come to earth and carried away in its flight the soul of Sarah A. Shake to its resting place on High. She was born in Shelby county, Ky., Nov. 19, 1827. She was married Sept. 19, 1846. To this union were born thirteen children, two sons and eleven daughters. The two sons and eight daughters survive her to mourn the loss of a kind and affec­tionate mother.

She united with the Samaria Christian church about 1880. Mrs. Shake died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Watson, of Green­wood, March 9, 1897. She was taken to Samaria where the funeral was con­ducted by Rev. E. F. Daugherty of Franklin.

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Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our most sincere and heartfelt thanks to those who so kindly aided us during the last sickness of our mother, Sarah Shake.

The Children.   

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, March 17, 1899,
Volume XXXIX Number 36, page 3 column 3

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In Memory

of our beloved mother, Sarah Shake, who died March 9, 1897:

Rest in peace, our noble mother,
Two long years have passed away,

Thou art gone but not forgotten
In the minds of every one.

One by one the flowers are take,
One by one the roses fall,

And we tearfully remember
Pain and sorrow comes to all.

God has given, God has taken;
Dear mother, we must bear the pain,

For a loving one has promised
We in heaven shall meet again.

Her Loving Children

March 9, 1899.

Link to Sarah Ann (Sturgeon) Shake’s grave

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry