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Author: mrichey71
Surnames: Slinkard, Chestnut, Dussy
Classification: obituary
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I found 2 obits. of Sarah in a scrapbook. I assume they are from the Odon and Elnora
Indiana newspapers dated Nov. 4 1929. Sarah was the second wife of Moses Slinkard who is
buried in Slinkard Cemetery south of Newberry, Indiana. Both obits say about the same
thing except one says she was born in 1837. The Odon cemetery listing says she was born in
1847.
The obit reads;
Well Known Women Dead, Mrs. Sarah Slinkard, 82 well known resident of Elmore township
died at the home of her step-daughter Mrs. Marion Johnson, three miles north of Elnora,
November 2, of complications of diseases, after an illness of about two weeks. The
deceased woman was born in Lawrence County, January 10, 1847, the daughter of James
Chestnut and Amanda (Dussy) Chestnut. She received her education in the schools of
Lawrence county and came to Daviess county about sixty years ago. She married Moses
Slinkard who died about thirteen years ago.
She was a member of the Shiloh Church of God. One step-daughter survives her, Mrs. Marion
Johnson with whom the deceased woman had been making her home. Funeral services were held
at the Mud Pike church at 1 o'clock this afternoon burial will follow in Walnut Hill
cemetery at Odon.
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