"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 89, No 5, p 158, Aug. 2, 1920.Mrs. William G. Fitch in the eightieth year of her age.Sarah Emma Rogers was the daughter of David Benedict Rogers and Sally Maxson Rogers. She was born at Waterford, Conn., on September 12, 1840. While still quite young she removed with her father's family to Brooklyn, N. Y. On March 9, 1867, she united with the New York City Seventh Day Baptist Church by letter from the church at Waterford. The records of the church show that she had been an interested and faithful member for these many years. She died on April 24, 1920, at Faith Home, Brooklyn. She has fought a good fight, has finished the course, and has kept the faith.Funeral service was held in Brooklyn and burial was at Waterford.Twenty-seven years ago Sarah Rogers was married to William G. Fitch, and for a short time their home was in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Fitch died in 1904. The only remaining member of the immediate family of David Benedict Rogers is Mary E. Rogers, the widow of Henry C. Rogers, whose home is now in Plainfield, N. J.Very few now remain of the generation and families that made the New York Church strong fifty years ago. G. B. S.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 89, No 5, p 158, Aug. 2, 1920.Mrs. William G. Fitch in the eightieth year of her age.Sarah Emma Rogers was the daughter of David Benedict Rogers and Sally Maxson Rogers. She was born at Waterford, Conn., on September 12, 1840. While still quite young she removed with her father's family to Brooklyn, N. Y. On March 9, 1867, she united with the New York City Seventh Day Baptist Church by letter from the church at Waterford. The records of the church show that she had been an interested and faithful member for these many years. She died on April 24, 1920, at Faith Home, Brooklyn. She has fought a good fight, has finished the course, and has kept the faith.Funeral service was held in Brooklyn and burial was at Waterford.Twenty-seven years ago Sarah Rogers was married to William G. Fitch, and for a short time their home was in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Fitch died in 1904. The only remaining member of the immediate family of David Benedict Rogers is Mary E. Rogers, the widow of Henry C. Rogers, whose home is now in Plainfield, N. J.Very few now remain of the generation and families that made the New York Church strong fifty years ago. G. B. S.
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New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948
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New York, New York, U.S., Extracted Marriage Index, 1866-1937
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