Stoddard, Mrs. Sarah, Northampton, 27 April, ae 80 years 4 months. She was the wife of Solomon Stoddard and oldest daughter of the late Benj. Tappan, Esq., who died in 1831, ae 83, among whose ten children there was but one death in 63 years, viz: that of Mrs. Elizabeth Phoenix, in 1819. The other 9 children, the average of whose ages was, before their mother’s death, 72 years – had a family meeting in Northampton, a few years ago, gathered from Boston, New York, Ohio, etc. Since then two brother’s in-law of Mrs. S., have died, Rev. Dr. John Pierce, of Brookline, Mass., and Col. Wm. Edwards, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Of Mrs. S.’s own eight children, only one has died, - the late Professor Solomon Stoddard, of Middlebury College. Among her surviving children is the Rev. David Tappan Stoddard, the well known missionary, in Persia.
(The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Boston, Vol 6 (1852), p310)
(The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Boston, Vol 6 (1852), p310)
Stoddard, Mrs. Sarah, Northampton, 27 April, ae 80 years 4 months. She was the wife of Solomon Stoddard and oldest daughter of the late Benj. Tappan, Esq., who died in 1831, ae 83, among whose ten children there was but one death in 63 years, viz: that of Mrs. Elizabeth Phoenix, in 1819. The other 9 children, the average of whose ages was, before their mother’s death, 72 years – had a family meeting in Northampton, a few years ago, gathered from Boston, New York, Ohio, etc. Since then two brother’s in-law of Mrs. S., have died, Rev. Dr. John Pierce, of Brookline, Mass., and Col. Wm. Edwards, of Brooklyn, N.Y. Of Mrs. S.’s own eight children, only one has died, - the late Professor Solomon Stoddard, of Middlebury College. Among her surviving children is the Rev. David Tappan Stoddard, the well known missionary, in Persia.
(The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Boston, Vol 6 (1852), p310)
(The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Boston, Vol 6 (1852), p310)
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Sarah/wife of/Solomon Stoddard/Eldest daughter of/Benjamin Tappan/Died April 27 1852/Aged 80 years & 9 months/"In her long life she exemplified the/christian character and for more than/half a century was a bright pattern/of the conjugal, parental and social/relations./Her children arise up and call her blessed/The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.
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