Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Thursday, December 18, 1879
Death of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Sarah F. McLean died yesterday afternoon at the residence of one of her daughters, Mrs. J.D. Minor. The lady, nee Sarah F. Fox, was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was in her eighty-sixth year. She was brought to this city in 1804 and here was married to William McLean, brother of Judge McLean. She lived in this city and in Piqua, mostly here. Her husband represented the Piqua District in Congress from 1823 to 1827, inclusive. It was this gentleman who sent General O.M. Mitchel to West Point and Vice Admiral Rowan to Annapolis. Mrs. McLean was for seventy-three years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was prominent and highly esteemed in church and social circles. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living. They are Colonel Nathaniel H. McLean, Mrs. E.W. Sehon, Louisville, Mrs. E.L. Dunham, Chicago, Mrs. Belle Probasco, Washington, D.C. and Mrs. J.D. Minor, Cincinnati.
The funeral will take place Friday, at 10AM, from Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thursday, December 18, 1879
Death of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Sarah F. McLean died yesterday afternoon at the residence of one of her daughters, Mrs. J.D. Minor. The lady, nee Sarah F. Fox, was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was in her eighty-sixth year. She was brought to this city in 1804 and here was married to William McLean, brother of Judge McLean. She lived in this city and in Piqua, mostly here. Her husband represented the Piqua District in Congress from 1823 to 1827, inclusive. It was this gentleman who sent General O.M. Mitchel to West Point and Vice Admiral Rowan to Annapolis. Mrs. McLean was for seventy-three years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was prominent and highly esteemed in church and social circles. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living. They are Colonel Nathaniel H. McLean, Mrs. E.W. Sehon, Louisville, Mrs. E.L. Dunham, Chicago, Mrs. Belle Probasco, Washington, D.C. and Mrs. J.D. Minor, Cincinnati.
The funeral will take place Friday, at 10AM, from Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Thursday, December 18, 1879
Death of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Sarah F. McLean died yesterday afternoon at the residence of one of her daughters, Mrs. J.D. Minor. The lady, nee Sarah F. Fox, was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was in her eighty-sixth year. She was brought to this city in 1804 and here was married to William McLean, brother of Judge McLean. She lived in this city and in Piqua, mostly here. Her husband represented the Piqua District in Congress from 1823 to 1827, inclusive. It was this gentleman who sent General O.M. Mitchel to West Point and Vice Admiral Rowan to Annapolis. Mrs. McLean was for seventy-three years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was prominent and highly esteemed in church and social circles. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living. They are Colonel Nathaniel H. McLean, Mrs. E.W. Sehon, Louisville, Mrs. E.L. Dunham, Chicago, Mrs. Belle Probasco, Washington, D.C. and Mrs. J.D. Minor, Cincinnati.
The funeral will take place Friday, at 10AM, from Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
Thursday, December 18, 1879
Death of a Pioneer Mother
Mrs. Sarah F. McLean died yesterday afternoon at the residence of one of her daughters, Mrs. J.D. Minor. The lady, nee Sarah F. Fox, was a native of Washington County, Pennsylvania. She was in her eighty-sixth year. She was brought to this city in 1804 and here was married to William McLean, brother of Judge McLean. She lived in this city and in Piqua, mostly here. Her husband represented the Piqua District in Congress from 1823 to 1827, inclusive. It was this gentleman who sent General O.M. Mitchel to West Point and Vice Admiral Rowan to Annapolis. Mrs. McLean was for seventy-three years a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was prominent and highly esteemed in church and social circles. She was the mother of twelve children, five of whom are living. They are Colonel Nathaniel H. McLean, Mrs. E.W. Sehon, Louisville, Mrs. E.L. Dunham, Chicago, Mrs. Belle Probasco, Washington, D.C. and Mrs. J.D. Minor, Cincinnati.
The funeral will take place Friday, at 10AM, from Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
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