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Sarah Lettica <I>Fees</I> Winfrey

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Sarah Lettica Fees Winfrey

Birth
Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, USA
Death
18 Jun 1929 (aged 85)
Burial
Runnells, Polk County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Sarah Letitia Fees was born near Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, July 2, 1843, and died June 15, 1929 being 85 years, 11 months and 13 days old. She was the oldest child of Henry and Elizabeth Fees. On August 27, 1865 she was united in marriage to James King Winfrey, a native Kentuckian, who survives her. To this union were born five sons and four daughters who have already passed to the Great Beyond. Of those living, Thomas Henry, Frank Milton, Mrs. Cassie Winegar and Robert live in or near Des Moines, Clara Bell Ridgeway near Runnels and Minnie Miller, an adopted daughter, near Adelphi. She leaves many grandchildren and several great grandchildren, nearly all of whom live in Polk county. In early womanhood she accepted Christ and ever lived a consistent Christian life. She was active in the Grange, in its day, and later in the Rebekah Lodge. Relatives and friends will ever cherish her memory as that of a dutiful wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor.SOURCE: Robley Evans Winfrey research materials

m.27 Aug 1865; p/o Thomas Henry, Martha Anna (Mrs. Curtis Sours), Clara Belle (Mrs. John Albert Ridgway), James Albert, Franklin Milton, Tilden J., Robert Oliver, Alice May, Eva Ethel, Margaret Pearl, Minnie Mable (Mrs. John Henry Miller)
Sarah Letitia Fees was born near Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, July 2, 1843, and died June 15, 1929 being 85 years, 11 months and 13 days old. She was the oldest child of Henry and Elizabeth Fees. On August 27, 1865 she was united in marriage to James King Winfrey, a native Kentuckian, who survives her. To this union were born five sons and four daughters who have already passed to the Great Beyond. Of those living, Thomas Henry, Frank Milton, Mrs. Cassie Winegar and Robert live in or near Des Moines, Clara Bell Ridgeway near Runnels and Minnie Miller, an adopted daughter, near Adelphi. She leaves many grandchildren and several great grandchildren, nearly all of whom live in Polk county. In early womanhood she accepted Christ and ever lived a consistent Christian life. She was active in the Grange, in its day, and later in the Rebekah Lodge. Relatives and friends will ever cherish her memory as that of a dutiful wife, a loving mother and a kind neighbor.SOURCE: Robley Evans Winfrey research materials

m.27 Aug 1865; p/o Thomas Henry, Martha Anna (Mrs. Curtis Sours), Clara Belle (Mrs. John Albert Ridgway), James Albert, Franklin Milton, Tilden J., Robert Oliver, Alice May, Eva Ethel, Margaret Pearl, Minnie Mable (Mrs. John Henry Miller)

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in same lot: Sarah L., James N., James Albert, Eva E., Pearl M., Tilden J., Mary, Thomas

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