Her husband, Patrick, had died on February 26, 1912. Sarah outlived him by a little more than one year.
Both had been born in Ireland; they came separately to the United States, and met and married in Allen County, Indiana. Their marriage lasted almost 56 years.
Of those 56 years, they had been farming in Lake County for all but four — or a little more, if you count the time that Patrick spent in the Union Army during the Civil War. When they first came here in 1860, they farmed west of Hobart; later they moved southwest of Ainsworth, where, by 1891, they owned 100 acres. A 1906 purchase expanded the family farm by 40 acres.
Their eldest child, Mary, married a Hobart bricklayer, William Boldt. According to the 1880 census, they had another daughter, Margret, but I don't know what became of her — she is not mentioned as surviving them. Their only son, Thomas, married Augusta Bergmann in 1894. He continued farming the family acres, and his parents lived with him. By 1910 Thomas and Augusta had six children, ranging in age from 14 years to one, so if Sarah and Patrick enjoyed the company of their grandchildren, it must have been a delightful home. At the time of Sarah's death, she had 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Patrick would later be honored as one of Hobart and Ross Township's pioneers. Sarah had always been at his side, sharing with him all the work of making a home in the thinly settled land.
They are still together, in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Sources:
♦ 1880 Census.
♦ 1891 Plat Book.
♦ 1900 Census.
♦ 1910 Census.
♦ "Death of Mrs. Sullivan." Hobart Gazette 14 Mar. 1913.
♦ "Death of Patrick Sullivan." Hobart Gazette 1 Mar. 1912.
♦ "Funeral of Mrs. Sarah Sullivan Held Wednesday." Hobart News 20 Mar. 1913.
♦ "General News Items." Hobart Gazette 28 Sept. 1908.
♦ Indiana Marriage Records.
♦ "Married Fifty Years." Hobart Gazette 7 Dec. 1906.
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