The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-07-31
Death of Miss Sarah A. Dale.

One by one the lights that first glim-
mered in the log cabins of the nine
teenth century pioneer, in the grand old
Keystone state, have been going out till
now but few are left by which the youth
Of the present century is able to read the
personal experience of those who have
seen the favorite haunts of the Red Man
transformed into the beautiful and taste
iul homes of culture and refinement. SO
the octogenarian whose earthly pilgrim
age is almost ended and who is waiting
for the gates of life" to lift, has still a
lessen of loYe, patience and wisdom to
tell to all who will pause and listen ere
they pass into the 'eternal springtide
and youth, where the limbs never ache
nor the eyes grow dim" Such was the
lesson the life just closed, of one of Tio-
nesta's earliest citizens, had to teach, 1t
was on the 9TH of May, 1917, two years
before the first steamship crossed the At
lantic, that Sarah A. Dale, one of the first
white children born IN this vicinity first
saw the light. She was the third of ten
children born to Jesse Dale and Mary
Lamb Dale, who had come from Belle
fonte, Center county at the close If the
war of 1912. and were then living about
three miles north of Tionesta on the east
bank of the Allegheny river. With the
exception of two years her entire life of
= ,yaarc troS cnapt aitI,ar in, frfOpacfo Or
its immediate vicinity. Although the
opportunities for mental improvement
were few in those early days, yet Miss
Dale improved every opportunity avail
able for obtaining an educati IN, and later
became an excellent teacher. Her first
permission TO teach was granted by James
Sibble, NJ. D., scholarly gentle. an
who had emigrated from Scotland few
years previous, and who chose Miss
Dale TO teach his school on the Wolcott
farm near where the Hill school now
stands. For more than thirty years Miss
Dale continued to teach and was one of
the teachers who taught in Tionesta's
first school house which was built in
grassy plot enclosed with a rail fence,
on the hillside Immediately in the rear OF
the Tionesta Gas Company building
From the time she was able to do a
kindly act for those in her home till she
became too feeble to longer do for others,
her life was full of good works and low
ing deeds. She lightened the burdens of
life to others and the world will never
know how much it is indebted to this life
that seemed wholly devoted to the welfare
of those who stood in need of help. In
early life she was converted and became
member of the Methodist Episcopal
church which continued to be her church
home for more than three score years.
On Thursday evening last, the close of
an active life came peacefully, the light
was eXtinguished, the curtains were
drawn and the earthly tabernacle was
left without tenant. Saturday after
noon at o'clock, relatives, friends and
acquaintences met at the residence Of her
brother-in-la law Jacob Hood, to pay honor
to her who had served, not only her own,
but many generations we'll. Brief SER
vices were conducted by Rev. G. IL. Mil
Ter, and the body was laid to rest in the
beautiful Riverside cemetery between
the lots of her cousins-Mrs. Susan Dale
McClatchey aud the late Judge Joseph q.
Dale. OF the brothers and sisters of Miss
Dale but three are living, Marvin W. Dale
OF Minnesota, Mrs. Marjorie Walters of
Wisconsin and Mrs. Emily German.