Sarah Jane Burton Cook Obituary
The Clark County Clipper
Ashland, Kansas
May 1912
Sarah Jane Burton Cook
September 16, 1846 - May 7, 1912
Mrs. Sarah Jane Cook departed this life, at her
quiet little home in Acres, Kansas, May 7, 1912, at 3:10 A.M. The deceased
was born hear Greenville, Bond County, Illinois, September 16, 1846. She was
65 years, 7 months and 21 days old. Sarah Jane Burton and William Cook were
united in marriage at Paris, Illinois, August 16, 1866. To this union nine
children were born. A husband and seven children remain to mourn the loss of
a dear wife and kind mother. She with her husband and children came from
Illinois to Missouri in 1880 then to Kansas, on December 26, 1884 and remained
in Kansas until her death.
She united with the Christian Church six years
ago.
Contributed by Al & Pearl Ellis
June 8, 2006.
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