Sara Zimmerman Leopold (1802-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial

Sara Zimmerman Leopold

Birth

25 Dec 1802

Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

12 Nov 1895 (aged 92)

East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

Burial

Coventry Church of the Brethren Cemetery

North Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map

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Wife of Joseph Leopold.

"Aged 92 YRS 10 MO"

The Reading Eagle Newspaper of Berks County carried her obituary November 13, 1895, page 2. Column "Pottstown". As follows:

Mrs. Sarah Leopold died at the age of 92 years, 10 months and 17 days, at the home of her son Jonas Leopold, East Coventry, Chester County. Her husband Joseph Leopold died over 30 year ago.

Six children survive, as follows: Jonas Leopold of East Coventry; Joseph and Samuel Leopold of Nebraska; Daniel Leopold of Lancaster County; Mrs. Sarah A. Turner of Pottstown; and Mrs. Mary Stoneback, who had been living with her aged parent for several years.

Mrs. Leopold was born in Trappe and her maiden name was Sarah Zimmerman. Her father was born in Germany, but during a war in that Country emigrated to the United States to escape a draft in the German army. Here he met her mother, whose ancestors were English. In her younger days, Mrs. Leopold was an excellent spinner with the old-fashioned wheel and delighted to tell her children's children how the housewives made their skeins of flax, which they took to the weaver and had made into material for toweling, sheets and other fabrics. Funeral Friday at 10 o'clock. Internment at Union Meeting house.

contributed by Pat D. (#48072349)