Sarah's christening on April 6, 1805 by Rev. Jonathan Rauhauser, is recorded in the Parochial Register of the Reformed Parish of Hagerstown (now Zion Church). It appears that following her parent's death, Sarah most likely lived with her older brother John. On April 11th, 1822, Sarah married Andrew Mitchell in Hagerstown. By 1824 Andrew and Sarah were raising their family in Antrium Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the Joseph Snively Farm. Two of their children, Catherine and Rebecca, died as infants and were buried on the farm.
Of his grandmother, Charles A. Mitchell wrote in his autobiography, "she spoke the German tongue and taught it to her children, father among the rest."
Andrew died in 1839, leaving Sarah with five young children to raise. In the 1850 census, Sarah is enumerated with Susan Funk, a neighbor of her brother John Lecron, Susan's husband Henry having passed away the year before. Sarah continued to live in Washington Township until her death on July 19th, 1880. In June of 1880, just three weeks before her death, she is enumerated in the City of Waynesboro, with her widowed daughter, Susan Heckman.
Of his grandmother, Charles A. Mitchell wrote in his autobiography, "she spoke the German tongue and taught it to her children, father among the rest."
Andrew died in 1839, leaving Sarah with five young children to raise. In the 1850 census, Sarah is enumerated with Susan Funk, a neighbor of her brother John Lecron, Susan's husband Henry having passed away the year before. Sarah continued to live in Washington Township until her death on July 19th, 1880. In June of 1880, just three weeks before her death, she is enumerated in the City of Waynesboro, with her widowed daughter, Susan Heckman.
Sarah's christening on April 6, 1805 by Rev. Jonathan Rauhauser, is recorded in the Parochial Register of the Reformed Parish of Hagerstown (now Zion Church). It appears that following her parent's death, Sarah most likely lived with her older brother John. On April 11th, 1822, Sarah married Andrew Mitchell in Hagerstown. By 1824 Andrew and Sarah were raising their family in Antrium Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on the Joseph Snively Farm. Two of their children, Catherine and Rebecca, died as infants and were buried on the farm.
Of his grandmother, Charles A. Mitchell wrote in his autobiography, "she spoke the German tongue and taught it to her children, father among the rest."
Andrew died in 1839, leaving Sarah with five young children to raise. In the 1850 census, Sarah is enumerated with Susan Funk, a neighbor of her brother John Lecron, Susan's husband Henry having passed away the year before. Sarah continued to live in Washington Township until her death on July 19th, 1880. In June of 1880, just three weeks before her death, she is enumerated in the City of Waynesboro, with her widowed daughter, Susan Heckman.
Of his grandmother, Charles A. Mitchell wrote in his autobiography, "she spoke the German tongue and taught it to her children, father among the rest."
Andrew died in 1839, leaving Sarah with five young children to raise. In the 1850 census, Sarah is enumerated with Susan Funk, a neighbor of her brother John Lecron, Susan's husband Henry having passed away the year before. Sarah continued to live in Washington Township until her death on July 19th, 1880. In June of 1880, just three weeks before her death, she is enumerated in the City of Waynesboro, with her widowed daughter, Susan Heckman.
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Sarah Mitchell, 1806 - 1880
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Sarah was reinterred from the German Reformed Churchyard (most likely Trinity, in Waynesboro or perhaps Salem, southwest of Waynesboro) to Green Hill Cemetery sometime after 1899.
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