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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, Friday, April 3, 1908,Volume
XXXII, Number 20, Page 7, Column 2, “OBITUARY—Mitchell.” [Transcribed October 30, 2003
from microfilm of the original newspaper on file in the Bloomfield-Eastern Greene County
Public Library.]
Sarah A. PHILLIPS was born June 26, 1828; departed from this life February 28, 1908, aged
79 years, 8 months and 3 days. She was married to Elijah MITCHELL September 23, 1849 {in
Monroe County, Indiana}. To them were born seven children, five girls and two boys; one
boy died while quite young.
When Koleen was in its infancy she and her husband moved from their home in Jonesboro to
that place. They put up the first business building and conducted first boarding house in
Koleen. Her husband died December 17, 1879, leaving his noble wife to care for an aged
mother and a small boy, who performed her duties nobly and was always cheerful and
pleasant. Her daughter, Mrs. Celia COBB, died while they were living at Koleen, April 7,
1887, leaving in her care two small children (Grace and Harry COBB). Her son, Walter
MITCHELL, lived to be grown, and was a very energetic and promising young man, and just at
that period in life when his mother felt the need of the strong arm of a dutiful son on
which to lean, death called him away; this was a sad blow to Grandma MITCHELL, but she
always tried to submit herself to the Supreme will. Another hard trial was the death of
her oldest daughter, Mrs. Mollie DUGGER, December 18, 1904. Harry COBB, her grandson,
died while a small b!
oy Grace continued to live with her grandmother and is now Mrs. James BURGE, of Dugger,
Indiana, with whom she was living at the time of her death. She leaves three loving
daughters, Mrs. Lon DUNCAN , of Dugger, Indiana; Mrs. Emma CROXSON, of Texarkana,
Arkansas, and Mrs. Florence TAYLOR, of Bloomington, Indiana; also a great number of grand
and great-grandchildren and a host of friends to mourn their loss. She united with the
Baptist church and was baptized by Rev. BELL in the year 1878.
A sweet rare spirit has gone from us; her tastes and habits were thoroughly domestic, her
home was the center of joyous and generous hospitalities, her skillful hands and feet
never tired in their ministrations of love; truly it could be said, “Her candle goeth not
out by night, “ for sometime before her death she had been in feeble health, much of the
time confined to her bed. But even in days of helplessness and suffering no complaint was
heard. In her entire life she had borne the above mentioned loss, bereavement,
disappointment of fondest early hopes with much Christian fortitude; with the same
beautiful patience and serenity of soul she endured the long waiting till her change
should come; then peacefully, fearing no evil, she went down into the shadow.
ALICE MANSFIELD.