Thanks to member #50399020 Sarah's middle name.
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The Newnan Herald, Tuesday, July 20, 1886
Fourth District news
I mentioned in my last the serious illness of Mrs. Z. T. Estep; aso [sic], that of her babe, which for want of space you did not publish and now it becomes my painful duty to chronicle their deaths, which occurred on the 10th inst. after a brief though prostrating illness of eight days from dysentery. About midnight it was evident that the end was near when the relatives summoned to her bedside watched with painful anxiety the last moments of the dear one. A quarter past two o'clock the angel of death descended and bore away on the golden wings of innocence the soul of Mrs. Sarah Estep to the spirit land amid the sobs of the husband, her father, Mr. Gilam [sic] Kidd, her brothers and sisters and the wails of her children. She had lived as a member of the Baptist church for years and died in full hope of eternal life. The day before she died she called her dear children to her bedside and imparted her dying blessings, and to one for whom she seemed to feel considerable concern, she said, "If you are willing to help your father pray that you may be a more dutiful child and affectionate sister, give him your hand." The daughter extended her hand to her father, who was on the opposite side of the bed, and the mother, taking hold of their hands, sealed the vow with her own hands, and we hope by the grace of God they may keep it so long as they may live. There occured other touching incidents which moved the stoutest hearts and wrang a tear from the dryest eyes, which space will not allow me to mention.
The burial was arranged for 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The hack stood before the door, the pall bearers were at hand, when it was discovered by the nurse that her babe, Frank Amis, aged 10 months and 7 days, was sinking and a request was made to wait a few moments, and at 9:15 o'clock the angel returned and relieved little Amis of his pains by bearing his precious soul to the arms of Jesus, which seemed more than the heart-broken father and children could bear. When the father knew that his precious child was surely dead, he said, "I want it buried in the arms of its mother".
About an hour passed hurriedly by when it was laid upon its mother's arm, the lid adjusted and soon the procession started to Elim cemetery, where after religious services by deacon A. B. Brown, they were buried in the midst of a large circle of relatives and friends.
Rev. F. J. Amis, who was conducting a meeting at Yellow Dirt, was send for and at 4 o'clock preached their funeral sermon from the text, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."
The deceased leaves a husband and seven children, together with a father and other relatives to mourn her loss. It is a remarkable fact that her oldest sister, Mrs. John Storey, who died a few years ago, carried her infant babe in her arms to the grave. We join the entire community in deepest sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Note: The tombstone shows Sarah's birth year as 1850. However, family records and censuses from 1850-1880 show her birth year as early as 1843 and as late as 1846.
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Sarah's mother, Nancy Gibson Kidd, died young and her father married Macinda Story.
Sarah had the following full siblings (children of Gillam and Nancy Gibson Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Susan E Kidd Story Her tombstone shows Sarah E as her given names, but census records show Susan Elizabeth. It is doubtful that her name is Sarah because her sister is named Sarah. Therefore, the name on the tombstone is probably an error.
John Michael Kidd
James Thomas Kidd
Martha, b. abt. 1849
Nancy Kidd Millians
and the following half-siblings (children of Gillam and Macinda Story Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Gilliam Addison Kidd
Lewis Harmon Kidd
William A Kidd
Andrew J Kidd
Hester Anna Kidd Camp
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The Newnan Herald, Tuesday, July 20, 1886
Fourth District news
I mentioned in my last the serious illness of Mrs. Z. T. Estep; aso [sic], that of her babe, which for want of space you did not publish and now it becomes my painful duty to chronicle their deaths, which occurred on the 10th inst. after a brief though prostrating illness of eight days from dysentery. About midnight it was evident that the end was near when the relatives summoned to her bedside watched with painful anxiety the last moments of the dear one. A quarter past two o'clock the angel of death descended and bore away on the golden wings of innocence the soul of Mrs. Sarah Estep to the spirit land amid the sobs of the husband, her father, Mr. Gilam [sic] Kidd, her brothers and sisters and the wails of her children. She had lived as a member of the Baptist church for years and died in full hope of eternal life. The day before she died she called her dear children to her bedside and imparted her dying blessings, and to one for whom she seemed to feel considerable concern, she said, "If you are willing to help your father pray that you may be a more dutiful child and affectionate sister, give him your hand." The daughter extended her hand to her father, who was on the opposite side of the bed, and the mother, taking hold of their hands, sealed the vow with her own hands, and we hope by the grace of God they may keep it so long as they may live. There occured other touching incidents which moved the stoutest hearts and wrang a tear from the dryest eyes, which space will not allow me to mention.
The burial was arranged for 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The hack stood before the door, the pall bearers were at hand, when it was discovered by the nurse that her babe, Frank Amis, aged 10 months and 7 days, was sinking and a request was made to wait a few moments, and at 9:15 o'clock the angel returned and relieved little Amis of his pains by bearing his precious soul to the arms of Jesus, which seemed more than the heart-broken father and children could bear. When the father knew that his precious child was surely dead, he said, "I want it buried in the arms of its mother".
About an hour passed hurriedly by when it was laid upon its mother's arm, the lid adjusted and soon the procession started to Elim cemetery, where after religious services by deacon A. B. Brown, they were buried in the midst of a large circle of relatives and friends.
Rev. F. J. Amis, who was conducting a meeting at Yellow Dirt, was send for and at 4 o'clock preached their funeral sermon from the text, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."
The deceased leaves a husband and seven children, together with a father and other relatives to mourn her loss. It is a remarkable fact that her oldest sister, Mrs. John Storey, who died a few years ago, carried her infant babe in her arms to the grave. We join the entire community in deepest sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Note: The tombstone shows Sarah's birth year as 1850. However, family records and censuses from 1850-1880 show her birth year as early as 1843 and as late as 1846.
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Sarah's mother, Nancy Gibson Kidd, died young and her father married Macinda Story.
Sarah had the following full siblings (children of Gillam and Nancy Gibson Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Susan E Kidd Story Her tombstone shows Sarah E as her given names, but census records show Susan Elizabeth. It is doubtful that her name is Sarah because her sister is named Sarah. Therefore, the name on the tombstone is probably an error.
John Michael Kidd
James Thomas Kidd
Martha, b. abt. 1849
Nancy Kidd Millians
and the following half-siblings (children of Gillam and Macinda Story Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Gilliam Addison Kidd
Lewis Harmon Kidd
William A Kidd
Andrew J Kidd
Hester Anna Kidd Camp
Thanks to member #50399020 Sarah's middle name.
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The Newnan Herald, Tuesday, July 20, 1886
Fourth District news
I mentioned in my last the serious illness of Mrs. Z. T. Estep; aso [sic], that of her babe, which for want of space you did not publish and now it becomes my painful duty to chronicle their deaths, which occurred on the 10th inst. after a brief though prostrating illness of eight days from dysentery. About midnight it was evident that the end was near when the relatives summoned to her bedside watched with painful anxiety the last moments of the dear one. A quarter past two o'clock the angel of death descended and bore away on the golden wings of innocence the soul of Mrs. Sarah Estep to the spirit land amid the sobs of the husband, her father, Mr. Gilam [sic] Kidd, her brothers and sisters and the wails of her children. She had lived as a member of the Baptist church for years and died in full hope of eternal life. The day before she died she called her dear children to her bedside and imparted her dying blessings, and to one for whom she seemed to feel considerable concern, she said, "If you are willing to help your father pray that you may be a more dutiful child and affectionate sister, give him your hand." The daughter extended her hand to her father, who was on the opposite side of the bed, and the mother, taking hold of their hands, sealed the vow with her own hands, and we hope by the grace of God they may keep it so long as they may live. There occured other touching incidents which moved the stoutest hearts and wrang a tear from the dryest eyes, which space will not allow me to mention.
The burial was arranged for 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The hack stood before the door, the pall bearers were at hand, when it was discovered by the nurse that her babe, Frank Amis, aged 10 months and 7 days, was sinking and a request was made to wait a few moments, and at 9:15 o'clock the angel returned and relieved little Amis of his pains by bearing his precious soul to the arms of Jesus, which seemed more than the heart-broken father and children could bear. When the father knew that his precious child was surely dead, he said, "I want it buried in the arms of its mother".
About an hour passed hurriedly by when it was laid upon its mother's arm, the lid adjusted and soon the procession started to Elim cemetery, where after religious services by deacon A. B. Brown, they were buried in the midst of a large circle of relatives and friends.
Rev. F. J. Amis, who was conducting a meeting at Yellow Dirt, was send for and at 4 o'clock preached their funeral sermon from the text, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."
The deceased leaves a husband and seven children, together with a father and other relatives to mourn her loss. It is a remarkable fact that her oldest sister, Mrs. John Storey, who died a few years ago, carried her infant babe in her arms to the grave. We join the entire community in deepest sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Note: The tombstone shows Sarah's birth year as 1850. However, family records and censuses from 1850-1880 show her birth year as early as 1843 and as late as 1846.
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Sarah's mother, Nancy Gibson Kidd, died young and her father married Macinda Story.
Sarah had the following full siblings (children of Gillam and Nancy Gibson Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Susan E Kidd Story Her tombstone shows Sarah E as her given names, but census records show Susan Elizabeth. It is doubtful that her name is Sarah because her sister is named Sarah. Therefore, the name on the tombstone is probably an error.
John Michael Kidd
James Thomas Kidd
Martha, b. abt. 1849
Nancy Kidd Millians
and the following half-siblings (children of Gillam and Macinda Story Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Gilliam Addison Kidd
Lewis Harmon Kidd
William A Kidd
Andrew J Kidd
Hester Anna Kidd Camp
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The Newnan Herald, Tuesday, July 20, 1886
Fourth District news
I mentioned in my last the serious illness of Mrs. Z. T. Estep; aso [sic], that of her babe, which for want of space you did not publish and now it becomes my painful duty to chronicle their deaths, which occurred on the 10th inst. after a brief though prostrating illness of eight days from dysentery. About midnight it was evident that the end was near when the relatives summoned to her bedside watched with painful anxiety the last moments of the dear one. A quarter past two o'clock the angel of death descended and bore away on the golden wings of innocence the soul of Mrs. Sarah Estep to the spirit land amid the sobs of the husband, her father, Mr. Gilam [sic] Kidd, her brothers and sisters and the wails of her children. She had lived as a member of the Baptist church for years and died in full hope of eternal life. The day before she died she called her dear children to her bedside and imparted her dying blessings, and to one for whom she seemed to feel considerable concern, she said, "If you are willing to help your father pray that you may be a more dutiful child and affectionate sister, give him your hand." The daughter extended her hand to her father, who was on the opposite side of the bed, and the mother, taking hold of their hands, sealed the vow with her own hands, and we hope by the grace of God they may keep it so long as they may live. There occured other touching incidents which moved the stoutest hearts and wrang a tear from the dryest eyes, which space will not allow me to mention.
The burial was arranged for 10 o'clock Sunday morning. The hack stood before the door, the pall bearers were at hand, when it was discovered by the nurse that her babe, Frank Amis, aged 10 months and 7 days, was sinking and a request was made to wait a few moments, and at 9:15 o'clock the angel returned and relieved little Amis of his pains by bearing his precious soul to the arms of Jesus, which seemed more than the heart-broken father and children could bear. When the father knew that his precious child was surely dead, he said, "I want it buried in the arms of its mother".
About an hour passed hurriedly by when it was laid upon its mother's arm, the lid adjusted and soon the procession started to Elim cemetery, where after religious services by deacon A. B. Brown, they were buried in the midst of a large circle of relatives and friends.
Rev. F. J. Amis, who was conducting a meeting at Yellow Dirt, was send for and at 4 o'clock preached their funeral sermon from the text, "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his."
The deceased leaves a husband and seven children, together with a father and other relatives to mourn her loss. It is a remarkable fact that her oldest sister, Mrs. John Storey, who died a few years ago, carried her infant babe in her arms to the grave. We join the entire community in deepest sympathy for the bereaved family.
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Note: The tombstone shows Sarah's birth year as 1850. However, family records and censuses from 1850-1880 show her birth year as early as 1843 and as late as 1846.
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Sarah's mother, Nancy Gibson Kidd, died young and her father married Macinda Story.
Sarah had the following full siblings (children of Gillam and Nancy Gibson Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Susan E Kidd Story Her tombstone shows Sarah E as her given names, but census records show Susan Elizabeth. It is doubtful that her name is Sarah because her sister is named Sarah. Therefore, the name on the tombstone is probably an error.
John Michael Kidd
James Thomas Kidd
Martha, b. abt. 1849
Nancy Kidd Millians
and the following half-siblings (children of Gillam and Macinda Story Kidd) all born in Georgia:
Gilliam Addison Kidd
Lewis Harmon Kidd
William A Kidd
Andrew J Kidd
Hester Anna Kidd Camp
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Martha S Estep
1870–1870
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Mary Elizabeth "Mollie" Estep Vaughan
1870–1940
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Nancy Ann Estep Coats
1873–1941
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Martha Frances "Fannie" Estep Smith
1875–1956
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Gilliam Oscar Estep
1876–1945
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Virginia Lou "Jenny" Estep
1878–1961
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1880–1911
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Laura Estep Haines
1882–1911
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Frank Amis Estep
1885–1886
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