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Sebrah Cole Clark McNamee

6 Dec 1806 – 15 Dec 1896

Birth6 Dec 1806
Death15 Dec 1896
CemeteryOak Hill Cemetery
Colesburg , Delaware County , Iowa , USA
Added byMaggie on 17 Jun 2023
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DIED: in Des Moines Iowa, Dec. 15 1896, Mrs. Sebrah McNamee, aged 90 years and 10 days. Her maiden name was Cole. She was born in Augusta, Oneida CO., N.Y. Dec. 6 1806. She moved with her parents to St. Charles,MO., in 1820, was married to Samuel Clark in 1826, by whom she had six children, five sons and one daughter. Mr. Clark died in 1841.Though left almost penniless, she, with characteristic energy to hold on , raised her family and accumulated a handsome property. She moved to Mallory Twp. near to Colesburg in 1845, was married to Lawrence McNamee in 1856. She continued to reside in this region till after Mr., McNamee's death in 1887. She spent her closing years with her daughter , Mrs. Bailey in Des Moines, Iowa. She was highly respected and in her vigorous years was full of good works and was frequently sent for, far and near, to minister to the sick as a physician and nurse. When in Missouri she was baptized and received into the Universalist Church , but removing to this region , there being no church of that denomination here, she became an attendant of the M.E. Church. Though holding to the theory of Universal salvation, it is believed that she made a personal appropriation of the saviors merits and found his supporting grace. The text selected for her funeral sermon was doubtless expressive of her trust. Over a year ago she received a paralytic stroke and has lingered in extreme helplessness till released from her bondage she was permitted to go free. Here was a long life looking from an earthly standpoint, full of vicissitudes and changes. A link that bound us to the beginning of the century, and which has seen the greater part of the development of our modern civilization. She has passed to the life beyond; she sees the other side of the cloud that separates us. Her "Sun" no more goes down and the days of her mourning are ended. B.D. Alden " She was gifted with unusual mental powers and kept up with the times in her reading and was as well posted on political history and questions as the most intelligent men, and was always the most entertaining of conversationalists." Although her name is engraved as Sabrah on her stone, it is well worth noting that she herself always signed her name as Sebrah.

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