STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1901, page 8, column 2

SARAH J. (HAMMOND) WOOSTER, 01 May 1828 - 18 Oct 1901

   Sarah J. Hammond was born in England, May 1, 1828, and died at 
the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. E. Hilton, at Fremont, aged 73 
years, 5 months and 17 days.
   Deceased came with her parents to the United States in 1831.  In 
1847, she was united in marriage to D. K. Wooster, and their home 
was in Onondaga county, New York, until 1869, when they came to 
Steuben county, Indiana, where they settled on a farm south of 
Orland, where they resided until her death.  A husband and seven 
children, four sons and three daughters, with two sisters and one 
brother are left to mourn the loss of a kind wife, mother and 
friend.  The funeral was held at the Methodist church in Fremont 
last Sunday, Rev. Sprague officiating.  She was laid to rest in the 
Jamestown cemetery.  Mrs. Stillman Collins, of this village, was a 
daughter of Mrs. Wooster and helped to car‚ for her in her last 
sickness.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Sarah J. (Hammond) Wooster, 01 May 1828 - 18 Oct 1901, married 
Dennis K. Wooster, 30 Mar 1824 - Dec 1916 (1917 in 1920 History).  
They are buried at Jamestown Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

Children:

   Frances J. (Wooster) Collins, 27 Dec 1854 - 09 Apr 1926, on 15 
Sep 1880 (1881 in The Collins History), married Stillman L. Collins, 
18 Oct 1856 - 1941.  They are buried at Jamestown Cemetery.
   Helen (Wooster) Hilton, (twin), 1859 - 1943, on 09 Feb 1891, 
married Albert E. Hilton, 1858 - 1950.   They are buried at 
Jamestown Cemetery.
   Other children named in the 1920 History are:  John, Lyman H. 
(died in childhood), Rupert L., Herbert (twin), Jennie and Dennis.

"History of Northeast Indiana - 1920", page 80, biography of 
Stillman L. Collins.
Collins History on file at Carnegie Public Library of Steuben 
County, Angola, Indiana.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, page 388, 390, 894; Vol. II, page 2000.

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net