Wife of William H. Owings (1838-1915)∼Sarah J. Cassady was born June 7, 1843, near Cross Creek, Washington county, Penn. Her girlhood days were spent near Cumberland, West Virginia. In September, 1861, she united in marriage with Wm. Herbert Owings. To this union, four children, were born: Mrs. Lelah Elgin, Centerville, Mrs. Minnie Luse and Mrs. Olive Homann, of Mystic, and Mrs. Edith Steel, Centerville, all of whom survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Owings came to Iowa in 1868, residing for a time near Philadelphia church, then near Walnut City until 1891, when they located on the farm a short distance northwest of Centerville, which has since been her home.
Her husband preceded her in death September 7, 1915. Nearing blindness, at the death of her husband, and with a sincere desire to continue living on the farm, her daughter, Edith, then at home, remained to aid and comfort her.
Soon afterwards, she became totally blind but reconciled her mind to her fate and lived a contented life.
At an early age she united with the Christian church and was a faithful and regular attendant, until, in late years, on account of her affliction, she was unable to attend, but her faith was never daunted, she was always eager to hear the Bible read and the hymns sung. She was ever cheerful, forgetting her own affliction and her greatest interests were for the welfare of others. She was possessed with a wonderful memory, recalling, not only incidents of the long ago, but very recent events as well; this faculty, she maintained to the end. Her mind was ever busy, while not engaged otherwise, she reviewed the past and looked into the future, composing and memorizing poems on subjects concerning her own life and thoughts. Some she composed are: "My Old Virginia Home"; "The...(rest is missing)
"TIME"
We can not stay the hand of time
From writing wrinkles on our brow,
Nor can we defy the weight of years
But to their weight, must bow.
In the morning of life, all is sunshine
And our hearts are happy and gay,
But 'ere we reach the evening
They ache with the cares of the day.
For life is not all sunshine
It hath both its joys and tears,
And 'ere we reach life's sunset
We bend with the weight of years.
When the shades of life's evening gather
And the twilight of life has come,
With the years pressing heavily upon us
We long for the Heavenly home.
For the Land of Life Eternal
The Everlasting Home of the Soul
There to praise our dear Redeemer
While the years of Eternity roll.
She departed this life Thursday, April 16, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Homann, Mystic, Iowa, where funeral services were also held, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Wilson.
She was the last surviving of a family of four boys and four girls and was at the time of her death 87 years, 10 months and 9 days.
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Daughter of Robert Cassidy and Hepsebah McCarty.
Mr. and Mrs. Owings came to Iowa in 1868, residing for a time near Philadelphia church, then near Walnut City until 1891, when they located on the farm a short distance northwest of Centerville, which has since been her home.
Her husband preceded her in death September 7, 1915. Nearing blindness, at the death of her husband, and with a sincere desire to continue living on the farm, her daughter, Edith, then at home, remained to aid and comfort her.
Soon afterwards, she became totally blind but reconciled her mind to her fate and lived a contented life.
At an early age she united with the Christian church and was a faithful and regular attendant, until, in late years, on account of her affliction, she was unable to attend, but her faith was never daunted, she was always eager to hear the Bible read and the hymns sung. She was ever cheerful, forgetting her own affliction and her greatest interests were for the welfare of others. She was possessed with a wonderful memory, recalling, not only incidents of the long ago, but very recent events as well; this faculty, she maintained to the end. Her mind was ever busy, while not engaged otherwise, she reviewed the past and looked into the future, composing and memorizing poems on subjects concerning her own life and thoughts. Some she composed are: "My Old Virginia Home"; "The...(rest is missing)
"TIME"
We can not stay the hand of time
From writing wrinkles on our brow,
Nor can we defy the weight of years
But to their weight, must bow.
In the morning of life, all is sunshine
And our hearts are happy and gay,
But 'ere we reach the evening
They ache with the cares of the day.
For life is not all sunshine
It hath both its joys and tears,
And 'ere we reach life's sunset
We bend with the weight of years.
When the shades of life's evening gather
And the twilight of life has come,
With the years pressing heavily upon us
We long for the Heavenly home.
For the Land of Life Eternal
The Everlasting Home of the Soul
There to praise our dear Redeemer
While the years of Eternity roll.
She departed this life Thursday, April 16, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Homann, Mystic, Iowa, where funeral services were also held, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Wilson.
She was the last surviving of a family of four boys and four girls and was at the time of her death 87 years, 10 months and 9 days.
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Daughter of Robert Cassidy and Hepsebah McCarty.
Wife of William H. Owings (1838-1915)∼Sarah J. Cassady was born June 7, 1843, near Cross Creek, Washington county, Penn. Her girlhood days were spent near Cumberland, West Virginia. In September, 1861, she united in marriage with Wm. Herbert Owings. To this union, four children, were born: Mrs. Lelah Elgin, Centerville, Mrs. Minnie Luse and Mrs. Olive Homann, of Mystic, and Mrs. Edith Steel, Centerville, all of whom survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Owings came to Iowa in 1868, residing for a time near Philadelphia church, then near Walnut City until 1891, when they located on the farm a short distance northwest of Centerville, which has since been her home.
Her husband preceded her in death September 7, 1915. Nearing blindness, at the death of her husband, and with a sincere desire to continue living on the farm, her daughter, Edith, then at home, remained to aid and comfort her.
Soon afterwards, she became totally blind but reconciled her mind to her fate and lived a contented life.
At an early age she united with the Christian church and was a faithful and regular attendant, until, in late years, on account of her affliction, she was unable to attend, but her faith was never daunted, she was always eager to hear the Bible read and the hymns sung. She was ever cheerful, forgetting her own affliction and her greatest interests were for the welfare of others. She was possessed with a wonderful memory, recalling, not only incidents of the long ago, but very recent events as well; this faculty, she maintained to the end. Her mind was ever busy, while not engaged otherwise, she reviewed the past and looked into the future, composing and memorizing poems on subjects concerning her own life and thoughts. Some she composed are: "My Old Virginia Home"; "The...(rest is missing)
"TIME"
We can not stay the hand of time
From writing wrinkles on our brow,
Nor can we defy the weight of years
But to their weight, must bow.
In the morning of life, all is sunshine
And our hearts are happy and gay,
But 'ere we reach the evening
They ache with the cares of the day.
For life is not all sunshine
It hath both its joys and tears,
And 'ere we reach life's sunset
We bend with the weight of years.
When the shades of life's evening gather
And the twilight of life has come,
With the years pressing heavily upon us
We long for the Heavenly home.
For the Land of Life Eternal
The Everlasting Home of the Soul
There to praise our dear Redeemer
While the years of Eternity roll.
She departed this life Thursday, April 16, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Homann, Mystic, Iowa, where funeral services were also held, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Wilson.
She was the last surviving of a family of four boys and four girls and was at the time of her death 87 years, 10 months and 9 days.
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Daughter of Robert Cassidy and Hepsebah McCarty.
Mr. and Mrs. Owings came to Iowa in 1868, residing for a time near Philadelphia church, then near Walnut City until 1891, when they located on the farm a short distance northwest of Centerville, which has since been her home.
Her husband preceded her in death September 7, 1915. Nearing blindness, at the death of her husband, and with a sincere desire to continue living on the farm, her daughter, Edith, then at home, remained to aid and comfort her.
Soon afterwards, she became totally blind but reconciled her mind to her fate and lived a contented life.
At an early age she united with the Christian church and was a faithful and regular attendant, until, in late years, on account of her affliction, she was unable to attend, but her faith was never daunted, she was always eager to hear the Bible read and the hymns sung. She was ever cheerful, forgetting her own affliction and her greatest interests were for the welfare of others. She was possessed with a wonderful memory, recalling, not only incidents of the long ago, but very recent events as well; this faculty, she maintained to the end. Her mind was ever busy, while not engaged otherwise, she reviewed the past and looked into the future, composing and memorizing poems on subjects concerning her own life and thoughts. Some she composed are: "My Old Virginia Home"; "The...(rest is missing)
"TIME"
We can not stay the hand of time
From writing wrinkles on our brow,
Nor can we defy the weight of years
But to their weight, must bow.
In the morning of life, all is sunshine
And our hearts are happy and gay,
But 'ere we reach the evening
They ache with the cares of the day.
For life is not all sunshine
It hath both its joys and tears,
And 'ere we reach life's sunset
We bend with the weight of years.
When the shades of life's evening gather
And the twilight of life has come,
With the years pressing heavily upon us
We long for the Heavenly home.
For the Land of Life Eternal
The Everlasting Home of the Soul
There to praise our dear Redeemer
While the years of Eternity roll.
She departed this life Thursday, April 16, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Homann, Mystic, Iowa, where funeral services were also held, conducted by the Rev. J. A. Wilson.
She was the last surviving of a family of four boys and four girls and was at the time of her death 87 years, 10 months and 9 days.
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Daughter of Robert Cassidy and Hepsebah McCarty.
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