NOTE: Buried beside her first husband as Sarah Shearer. Her sister, Eliza Gushwa McLaughlin is buried beside Lawrence J McLaughlin.
Mrs Sarah (Gushwa) McLaughlin, 67, died suddenly about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon of a heart attack at the home of her daughter, Mrs Charles Priest, 44 North Twenty-third street, Lafayette. Mrs McLaughlin had been bedfast for about two weeks before her death, but had apparently recovered. She was found dead. Born in Lafayette on April 23, 1867, she was the daughter of Lewis and Mary Ely gushwa. She was married, twice, first to William Shearer on June 21, 1885, and following his death in 1900 to L J McLaughlin, who died in 1932. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Charles Priest and Mrs Fred L Osborn; a stepdaughter, Mrs William Primmer, and a stepson, M R McLaughlin, all of Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs Mary Primmer, of Lafayette, and Mrs Peter Killian, of Clarks Hill, and four brothers, Thomas, of Lafayette; James, of Jamestown, N D ; Jerry of Illinois and David in Canada. The body was removed to the Templeton funeral home and will be returned to the Priest residence where friends may call after 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be conducted from Grace U B church, of which she was a member, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev M E Reed officiating, and burial will be in Isley cemetery
NOTE: Buried beside her first husband as Sarah Shearer. Her sister, Eliza Gushwa McLaughlin is buried beside Lawrence J McLaughlin.
Mrs Sarah (Gushwa) McLaughlin, 67, died suddenly about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon of a heart attack at the home of her daughter, Mrs Charles Priest, 44 North Twenty-third street, Lafayette. Mrs McLaughlin had been bedfast for about two weeks before her death, but had apparently recovered. She was found dead. Born in Lafayette on April 23, 1867, she was the daughter of Lewis and Mary Ely gushwa. She was married, twice, first to William Shearer on June 21, 1885, and following his death in 1900 to L J McLaughlin, who died in 1932. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Charles Priest and Mrs Fred L Osborn; a stepdaughter, Mrs William Primmer, and a stepson, M R McLaughlin, all of Lafayette; two sisters, Mrs Mary Primmer, of Lafayette, and Mrs Peter Killian, of Clarks Hill, and four brothers, Thomas, of Lafayette; James, of Jamestown, N D ; Jerry of Illinois and David in Canada. The body was removed to the Templeton funeral home and will be returned to the Priest residence where friends may call after 6 o'clock Tuesday evening. Funeral services will be conducted from Grace U B church, of which she was a member, Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with the Rev M E Reed officiating, and burial will be in Isley cemetery
Family Members
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Jane Gushwa White
1858–1895
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Ellen Gushwa Crane
1859–1889
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Isaiah Gushwa
1860–1923
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Catherine Gushwa Primmer
1862–1883
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Thomas Jefferson Gushwa
1864–1941
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Mary Elizabeth Gushwa Primmer
1865–1938
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Eliza Gushwa McLaughlin
1868–1898
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James Monroe Gushwa
1870–1964
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Maria Gushwa Killian
1874–1942
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Lucretia Gushwa
1879–1897
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