Mrs. William Culver, former resident of Dickens, passed away Saturday, April 30, 1932, at the home of her son Fred A. Culver at Lemon, South Dakota. She was 88 years of age.
Funeral services were held at Lemon, South Dakota, and burial was made in the Dickens cemetery Wednesday, May 4. The Reverend John W. Peterson, pastor of the Methodist church at Dickens, was in charge of the last rites.
Mrs. Culver, nee Susan Ann Jewell, was born November 4, 1843, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her father was manager of the Canta Branon mines. After the death of her father who was fatally injured in an accident in the mines, she went to England, her fatherland, but soon after came to America with her mother. They made their first home in the states at Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Following her marriage to Mr. Culver they moved to Clay county and homesteaded here. In the year 1888 the moved to Dickens.
Her husband preceded her in death in June, 1923, and rests in the family lot in the Dickens cemetery. She is survived by three children, Fred of Lemon, South Dakota, Mrs. A.N. Anderson of Clear Lake, and Mrs. F.J. Cederholm of Ruthven.
Funeral services were held at Lemon, South Dakota, and burial was made in the Dickens cemetery Wednesday, May 4. The Reverend John W. Peterson, pastor of the Methodist church at Dickens, was in charge of the last rites.
Mrs. Culver, nee Susan Ann Jewell, was born November 4, 1843, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her father was manager of the Canta Branon mines. After the death of her father who was fatally injured in an accident in the mines, she went to England, her fatherland, but soon after came to America with her mother. They made their first home in the states at Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Following her marriage to Mr. Culver they moved to Clay county and homesteaded here. In the year 1888 the moved to Dickens.
Her husband preceded her in death in June, 1923, and rests in the family lot in the Dickens cemetery. She is survived by three children, Fred of Lemon, South Dakota, Mrs. A.N. Anderson of Clear Lake, and Mrs. F.J. Cederholm of Ruthven.
Mrs. William Culver, former resident of Dickens, passed away Saturday, April 30, 1932, at the home of her son Fred A. Culver at Lemon, South Dakota. She was 88 years of age.
Funeral services were held at Lemon, South Dakota, and burial was made in the Dickens cemetery Wednesday, May 4. The Reverend John W. Peterson, pastor of the Methodist church at Dickens, was in charge of the last rites.
Mrs. Culver, nee Susan Ann Jewell, was born November 4, 1843, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her father was manager of the Canta Branon mines. After the death of her father who was fatally injured in an accident in the mines, she went to England, her fatherland, but soon after came to America with her mother. They made their first home in the states at Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Following her marriage to Mr. Culver they moved to Clay county and homesteaded here. In the year 1888 the moved to Dickens.
Her husband preceded her in death in June, 1923, and rests in the family lot in the Dickens cemetery. She is survived by three children, Fred of Lemon, South Dakota, Mrs. A.N. Anderson of Clear Lake, and Mrs. F.J. Cederholm of Ruthven.
Funeral services were held at Lemon, South Dakota, and burial was made in the Dickens cemetery Wednesday, May 4. The Reverend John W. Peterson, pastor of the Methodist church at Dickens, was in charge of the last rites.
Mrs. Culver, nee Susan Ann Jewell, was born November 4, 1843, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where her father was manager of the Canta Branon mines. After the death of her father who was fatally injured in an accident in the mines, she went to England, her fatherland, but soon after came to America with her mother. They made their first home in the states at Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Following her marriage to Mr. Culver they moved to Clay county and homesteaded here. In the year 1888 the moved to Dickens.
Her husband preceded her in death in June, 1923, and rests in the family lot in the Dickens cemetery. She is survived by three children, Fred of Lemon, South Dakota, Mrs. A.N. Anderson of Clear Lake, and Mrs. F.J. Cederholm of Ruthven.
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Sarah was born to William and Hannah Ann Cornelius Jewell along with her older sister Jane in Cata Branca, Brazil, South America. Cata Branca was a mining district where Cornish miners lived and worked. Sarah's father most likely died and Hannah married James Cox, the family moving to Wisconsin in approximately 1846.
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