Sarah was first buried in Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery near their home which was near the state Ohio /Indiana border. The cemetery was sold to a gravel company and the bodies moved to Springlawn Cemetery in New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. Her spouse Joseph had purchased land in Ohio, which became Indiana Territory when the Ohio western border was moved to a meridian from the Greenville Treaty Line. Sarah was described as being a very beautiful Scots lass. Her great-grandson, George Washington Wasson (1851-1928), described her in her later years, as hardworking, hardheaded, somewhat querulous, and crossgrained, but thrifty and provident of the needs of her household. She had born her husband nine children, most of their births having occurred after his total disability was declared by the early government of the United States of America. After his part of the young state of Ohio was declared to be Indiana Territory, he was required to pick up his pension in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, a great distance by horseback from his home. We owe much to their strong examples. My thanks to Harriet Neville Limper , compiler of "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, a History of Some of the Descendants of Joseph Wasson (1744-1822), Published in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in April 1988. This is a Google Book. Ruth Brown Egan
Sarah was first buried in Beulah Presbyterian Church Cemetery near their home which was near the state Ohio /Indiana border. The cemetery was sold to a gravel company and the bodies moved to Springlawn Cemetery in New Paris, Preble County, Ohio. Her spouse Joseph had purchased land in Ohio, which became Indiana Territory when the Ohio western border was moved to a meridian from the Greenville Treaty Line. Sarah was described as being a very beautiful Scots lass. Her great-grandson, George Washington Wasson (1851-1928), described her in her later years, as hardworking, hardheaded, somewhat querulous, and crossgrained, but thrifty and provident of the needs of her household. She had born her husband nine children, most of their births having occurred after his total disability was declared by the early government of the United States of America. After his part of the young state of Ohio was declared to be Indiana Territory, he was required to pick up his pension in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, a great distance by horseback from his home. We owe much to their strong examples. My thanks to Harriet Neville Limper , compiler of "Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, a History of Some of the Descendants of Joseph Wasson (1744-1822), Published in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in April 1988. This is a Google Book. Ruth Brown Egan
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On the monument is a plaque reading, "To this little band of pioneers from Beulah Presbyterian Church, whose simple faith and steadfast courage made possible a home in the wilderness and the rugged sylvan beauty of the Whitewater Valley, this memorial is erected.
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