The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-30
MRS. SARAH DAVIS
AGED 50 YEARS DEAD.
She Was the Mother of ReYs. John NJ.
and Wesley Davis.
EXPIRED TUESDAY AFTERNOON
At the Residence of Her Daughter.
Mrs. Scott, in Oakland, From In
firmities Due 10 Old Age.


firmities Due 10 Old Age.
Sarah Davis was born in Somerset
county, Pa, October 18th, 1910, and
died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Sallie J. Scott, in Oakland ON
November 2Sth, 1905, aged 95 years,
1 month and "A days.
Mrs. Davis was the daughter of
Mr.. John McMillen, native of
Dauphin county, Pa, who located in
upper TurkeyfOot Township, Som
erset county, near Fort Hill station
on Pittsburg Division of the b. & O.
r. R., about 1890. In 1893 he was
married to Miss Nancy Patrick, "A res
ident of that neighborhood. Their
home was on a farm which yielded
bountiful harvests, and the varied
employments of indoor life common
in those early years added to their
temporal prosperity.
John McMillen served efficiently as
justice of the peace and in every way
manifested his interest in the public
welfare. At an early day in the his
tory of Methodism in this country h
and his wife joined the NJ Il. church
in which he served as steward and
class leader. \ room in the second
story of the dwelling became q
preaching place, after which the SER
vices were held in his barn until
through his influence the Bethel
church was erected. 1t was dedicat-
ed by Jacob Gruber in 1917 and con-
tinued in use for more than fifty years.
To this worthy pair were born nine
children, four sons and FIVE daughters,
of whom Sarah was the seventh. The
father at his death was ninety one
and the mother seventy-siX years of
age. Several of the children lived be-
yOnd the age of three score and ten.
Some of them more than four-score
years ard the last survivor the sub
ject of this sketch; had entered her
ninety-sixth year.
Sarah McMillen, like others at that
period, was without the advantage
of a convenient school, greatly to her
regret in later years, but who was
most successful in gaining practical
knowledge and experience which
served her well through life. Be
sides a thorough training as house
keeper she learned from her grand
father, James McMillen, the art of
weaving and was familiar with the
entire process of producing handsome
and valuable fabrics from wooden
flax.
June 9TH, 1880, she became the wife
of Joseph b. Dayis. They located
on a farm near New Lexington, in
Somerset county, Pa. which was their
the promised Land Farm" in the
vicinity of Oakland. Here after sixty
years of happy welded life the hus-
band was taken with his last illness,
removed with her to the home Of
their son, John NJ. DaYis in Oakland,
where he died in the 83rd year of his
age. a widow and advanced in wears,
yet according to her desires she re-
turned to the farm and remained I'M
til eight years ago when she found
a home in Oakland with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Scott. During this period
with rare exceptions, her health was
good, her oversight and hearing were
preserved; she possessed a fair degree
of physical strength and with the ex-
ception of failing memory her mind
was clear until her recent illness, the
effect of old age
OF her seven children, three died in
childhood, the eldest, Mrs Ann Har-
ned, in 1887, and John NJ. Davis, s.
w. Davis and Mrs. Sarah J. Scott
survive.
Sarah Davis was converted at q
camp meeting in early life and she
then joined the NJ. E. church, of
which she continued a consistent
member. After her marriage her
husband, also a protesting christian,
and member of the church, they
gave cordial welcome to ministers
and their families who were frequent
visitors and at times entertained
large companies OF church people who
were in attendance at special meet
ings. In protracted periods of the
husbands absence, while engaged as
a cattle dealer, her burden of care
and responsibility was great, but it
was borne successfully and without
cNmplaipt