Sarah is buried next to her parents Rev John and Mary Sheldon Graham in The West Suffied Cemetery.
Sarah the third daughter of Rev Graham went above and beyond the call by being the only daughter to stay at home to take care of family members from both of her father's families after his passing in 1796. Sarah in her forties and still unmarried stayed in West Suffield to care for her aging Step Mother Ruth King Graham.
Early in 1798, Sarah relocated to New York City and established a boarding house at 46 Courtland St. On January 5, 1800, Sarah married George Merrill at the First Presbyterian Church. George died shortly after they were married, and little is known of him, it is believed by some that he is buried next to Sarah and her parents in West Suffield. Sarah was loved greatly by all family members and her nephew Bradford Lusk gives the account of her final hours of life as she grew slowly weaker on December 6 and breathing her last at 9 A.M and being buried the afternoon of December 7, 1812.
Sarah the third daughter of Rev Graham went above and beyond the call by being the only daughter to stay at home to take care of family members from both of her father's families after his passing in 1796. Sarah in her forties and still unmarried stayed in West Suffield to care for her aging Step Mother Ruth King Graham.
Early in 1798, Sarah relocated to New York City and established a boarding house at 46 Courtland St. On January 5, 1800, Sarah married George Merrill at the First Presbyterian Church. George died shortly after they were married, and little is known of him, it is believed by some that he is buried next to Sarah and her parents in West Suffield. Sarah was loved greatly by all family members and her nephew Bradford Lusk gives the account of her final hours of life as she grew slowly weaker on December 6 and breathing her last at 9 A.M and being buried the afternoon of December 7, 1812.
Sarah is buried next to her parents Rev John and Mary Sheldon Graham in The West Suffied Cemetery.
Sarah the third daughter of Rev Graham went above and beyond the call by being the only daughter to stay at home to take care of family members from both of her father's families after his passing in 1796. Sarah in her forties and still unmarried stayed in West Suffield to care for her aging Step Mother Ruth King Graham.
Early in 1798, Sarah relocated to New York City and established a boarding house at 46 Courtland St. On January 5, 1800, Sarah married George Merrill at the First Presbyterian Church. George died shortly after they were married, and little is known of him, it is believed by some that he is buried next to Sarah and her parents in West Suffield. Sarah was loved greatly by all family members and her nephew Bradford Lusk gives the account of her final hours of life as she grew slowly weaker on December 6 and breathing her last at 9 A.M and being buried the afternoon of December 7, 1812.
Sarah the third daughter of Rev Graham went above and beyond the call by being the only daughter to stay at home to take care of family members from both of her father's families after his passing in 1796. Sarah in her forties and still unmarried stayed in West Suffield to care for her aging Step Mother Ruth King Graham.
Early in 1798, Sarah relocated to New York City and established a boarding house at 46 Courtland St. On January 5, 1800, Sarah married George Merrill at the First Presbyterian Church. George died shortly after they were married, and little is known of him, it is believed by some that he is buried next to Sarah and her parents in West Suffield. Sarah was loved greatly by all family members and her nephew Bradford Lusk gives the account of her final hours of life as she grew slowly weaker on December 6 and breathing her last at 9 A.M and being buried the afternoon of December 7, 1812.
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