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Sarah Roseannah Hamlin (b. January 14, 1845, d. April 6, 1934)

Sarah Roseannah Hamlin (daughter of Nathaniel Hamlin and Margaret Terrill Poage) was born January 14, 1845 in Mahaska County, Iowa⁵¹¹, and died April 6, 1934 in Cache, Oklahoma⁵¹². She married Benjamin F. Thomas on October 17, 1864 in Exira, Audubon, Iowa, son of Jacob Thomas and Elizabeth Linn.

Notes for Sarah Roseannah Hamlin:
Obituary

Mrs. Sarah Rose Thomas was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, on January 15, 1845, the third child and daughter of Nathaniel Hamlin and Magaret Poage Hamlin of Louisville, Kentucky (actually it was Lewis County), later of Illinois, and first settlers in Audubon County, Iowa, preceding by six months any other pioneers.

Mrs. Thomas had been in Cache 29 years, and at the time of her death was Cache's oldest resident. She and her husband, B. F. Thomas, had celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in 1924, October 17. She lived to the ripe age of 89 years, two months and 22 days.

Mrs. Thomas departed this life April 6 about 1a. m. after several weeks of confinement to her bed.

Friends of many years standing and a large number of her descendants filled the Christian Church to capacity.

The services conducted by Rev. Powell Smith of Lawton, were particularly appropriate to the character and life of this most worthy woman, The reading was from the 31st chapter of Proverbs, 10-31 verses inclusive choosing the 31st verse as his text

Mrs. Pearl Clark Good officiated at the piano, accompanied by a double quartet who rendered "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere", "It is Well With My Soul", with grace and feeling.

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Of the nine living children, though widely separated, eight were at the beside of their mother, as follows: Mrs. Lorena T. Witham, St. Paul, MI; Mrs. Minnesota Weir, Lamar Colo; Benjamin O. Thomas, Omaha, NE; Mrs. Alice Blunt, Cache, OK; Albert M. Thomas, Las Animas, Co; N. Carl Thomas, Cache, OK; Mrs. Dorothy Woodside, Aurora, MO; and a number of grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Rose met Benjamin F. Thomas during the Civil War. He served in that War, but was honorably discharged because of a disability. Thomas came to Audubon County to recuperate and met "Rose" Hamlin. His brother Isaac lived in that county and was married to Mary Margaret Hamlin, who was "Roses" sister. They had 12 children.

More About Sarah Roseannah Hamlin:
Occupation: Teacher, very studious.

More About Sarah Roseannah Hamlin and Benjamin F. Thomas:
Marriage: October 17, 1864, Exira, Audubon, Iowa.

Children of Sarah Roseannah Hamlin and Benjamin F. Thomas are:

Winona Thomas, b. June 6, 1865, Exira, Audubon, Iowa⁵¹³, d. 1869, Died of scarlet fever..
Lorena Thomas, b. 1866⁵¹⁴, d. date unknown.
+Minnesota Thomas, b. September 29, 1868, Audubon, Iowa⁵¹⁵, d. date unknown.
+Lily Thomas, b. July 9, 1870, Trenton, Grundy, Missouri⁵¹⁶, d. 1904⁵¹⁷.
Benjamin O. Thomas, b. 1872⁵¹⁸, d. date unknown.
Alice Thomas, b. November 6, 1874, Trenton, Missouri⁵¹⁸, d. date unknown.
Albert M. Thomas, b. 1876, Trenton, Missouri⁵¹⁸, d. date unknown.
Arthur Benton Thomas, b. December 3, 1878, Trenton, Missouri⁵¹⁸, d. date unknown.
Nora Thomas, b. 1880, Audubon, Iowa⁵¹⁹, d. date unknown.
Carl Nathaniel Thomas, b. February 17, 1882, Audubon, Iowa, d. date unknown.
Dorothy Thomas, b. April 7, 1884, Audubon, Iowa⁵¹⁹, d. date unknown.
Unnamed Thomas, b. April 7, 1884, Audubon, Iowa⁵¹⁹, d. April 10, 1884, Audubon, Iowa.