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Submitted: 5/27/21 • Approved: 5/28/21 • Last Updated: 5/31/21 • R1375856-G1375853-S3
August 24, 1829- October 12, 1914
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Pre-1920 Obituaries of Madison County, Arkansas, Residents - Madison County Genalogical & Historical Society]
CLAYTON, Sophia Caroline CHURCHWELL Sharp - Huntsville Republican, October 22, 1914 - After a lingering illness of cancer of the stomach, Aunt Caroline Clayton died at her home near Goshen on October 12, at 4:10 p.m. Mrs. Clayton was right about 90 years old and had lived a Christian life since girlhood, a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. She has been twice wed, the first time to a Mr. Sharp, and to this union five children came to bless their lives, two of whom have gone on before. Her husband died and after living a widow for *** *** married Willis Clayton who also had a family and is still living. To this union one child was born, a girl. Besides her husband, two daughters and two sons, she has a host of relatives and friends to mourn her loss. She was laid to rest in Goshen Cemetery, October 13, Rev. Jim Young conducting the funeral service. (Sophia Caroline CHURCHWELL Sharp Clayton, born 24 August 1829 died 12 October 1914, daughter of John and Susan Elizabeth DUCKWORTH Churchwell; wife #1 James C. Sharp; wife of #2 Willis Dodson Clayton. Buried Goshen Cemetery in Washington County, Arkansas.)
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