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Sarah Hunt <I>Morris</I> Humphrey

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Sarah Hunt Morris Humphrey

Birth
Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Death
21 Feb 1924 (aged 79)
Monroe County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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MORRIS MAUSOLEUM
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Sarah Hunt Morris Field Humphrey

Sarah was the daughter of Gouveneur and Frances Hunt Morris. Both of her parents were born at Vermont. Sarah was the wife of Col. Ira Humphrey. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.

*SARAH MORRIS HUMPHREY - DIED - At her home in the township of Raisinville, Monroe County, Sarah Morris Humphrey, after a lingering illness, peacefully past to her last rest, at midday, February 27th, 1924, at the age of eighty years. She was the only daughter of the late Judge Gouveneur Morris, and the wife of Col. Ira G. Humphrey. Was born at Brest, five miles north of the city of Monroe and was the only living person born on the Old Turnpike, now the Dixie Highway, at the time the former was opened. Mrs. Humphrey leaves a son by a former marriage. Funeral services will be held at the Morris Vault in Woodland Cemetery, Friday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Charles O'Meara will officiate. (Monroe Evening News, Feb. 28, 1924)

Note: Hunt is Sarah's middle name, from her maternal side, and her first marriage was to a Field, whom she had a son, Frank Hunt Field. (Hunt also his middle name)

Note: Marker has death day as Feb. 21, her obituary and death certificate have Feb. 27 as the death date.
Sarah Hunt Morris Field Humphrey

Sarah was the daughter of Gouveneur and Frances Hunt Morris. Both of her parents were born at Vermont. Sarah was the wife of Col. Ira Humphrey. She was 80 years old at the time of her death.

*SARAH MORRIS HUMPHREY - DIED - At her home in the township of Raisinville, Monroe County, Sarah Morris Humphrey, after a lingering illness, peacefully past to her last rest, at midday, February 27th, 1924, at the age of eighty years. She was the only daughter of the late Judge Gouveneur Morris, and the wife of Col. Ira G. Humphrey. Was born at Brest, five miles north of the city of Monroe and was the only living person born on the Old Turnpike, now the Dixie Highway, at the time the former was opened. Mrs. Humphrey leaves a son by a former marriage. Funeral services will be held at the Morris Vault in Woodland Cemetery, Friday afternoon at three o'clock. Rev. Charles O'Meara will officiate. (Monroe Evening News, Feb. 28, 1924)

Note: Hunt is Sarah's middle name, from her maternal side, and her first marriage was to a Field, whom she had a son, Frank Hunt Field. (Hunt also his middle name)

Note: Marker has death day as Feb. 21, her obituary and death certificate have Feb. 27 as the death date.

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