Daughter of Dennis Friend Hanks and Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" (Johnston) Hanks, wife of Thomas Dowling, married 26 March 1839, Coles County, IL
There is a discrepancy on Sarah's date of death - Coles County Register of Deaths (Vol. 3 p. 357) has 15 March 1907, her stone has 20 March 1907, and the Charleston Daily Courier and Journal Gazette both report 22 March 1907.
GRANDMA DOWLING SICK
"Grandma" Dowling, relict of "Uncle Thomas" Dowling is seriously sick and the relatives have but little hope for her recovery. D. H. Dowling, her son, of Springfield, has been summoned home and a message from him this afternoon states he will arrive in the city at 6:00 o'clock tonight. Mrs. D. H. Dowling, who has been visiting from Springfield, will return home with him.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Wednesday, March 20, 1907
AGED CHARLESTON RESIDENT IS DEAD
Special to the Journal Gazette, Charleston, Ill., March 22. Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of the oldest residents of this city, died this morning after a short illness from pneumonia. She was 85 years old. A sister, Mrs. Amanda Poorman, lives in Mattoon.
Journal Gazette, March 22, 1907, Page 6
SARAH J. DOWLING HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of Charleston's pioneer residents, died at the family residence, 16 Fifth avenue, at 11:20 o'clock this morning from pneumonia, after a sickness of but one week.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, burial following in Mound cemetery. The deceased was one of the best known women in this county. She leaves three children to mourn her death. They are Mrs. E. H. Clark, D. H. Dowling and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of this city.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Friday, March 22, 1907
THE DOWLING FUNERAL
The funeral services over the remains of the late Sarah J. Dowling will be held from the family residence, 16 Fifth street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, will conduct the services.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Saturday, March 23, 1907
GRANDMA DOWLING IS NOW AT REST
The funeral services over the remains of Sarah Jane Hanks Dowling was held from the family residence 16 fifth avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, of which denomination she had been a long time member.
Long before the hour of holding the service had arrived the home was crowded and the crowd spread into the yard and onto Fifth and Washington streets. It was one of the largest funeral crowds that has ever been seen in Charleston and was a silent testimonial of the esteem and respect in which deceased and her descendants are held. The pastor paid a beautiful tribute to the life of the deceased as well as the prominent part she had taken in the history of the United States, the state, County and city. The floral offerings, many and beautiful, sent by relatives and friends, were to be seen in profusion. On the conclution of the solumn and last sad rites the casket was placed in the care of the pall bearers: Messrs George Sefton, Mike Millar, J. J. Hostetler, Wm. Frazier, E. C. Jenks, and Alex Briggs, who with uncovered heads and measured tread carried the remains to the funeral car and the cortege wended its way to Mound cemetery, where the remains were laid beside those of her husband, who departed this life about four years ago.
Mrs. Dowling was born in Spencer County, Ind., June 14, 1822, and with her parents came here in 1831. She married Thomas J. Dowling in 1839. Eight children were born and three survive their mother. They are D. H. Dowling, Mrs. E. H. Clark and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of Charleston. Fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive her.
Mrs. Dowling was the daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Hanks, and was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln and was also a granddaughter of Mr. Lincoln's step-mother, who is buried a few miles south of Charleston.
Mrs. Amanda Poorman, Mattoon; John Chapman, Chicago; Thos. Shoaff, Shelbyville; Mrs. Missouri Barney, Doug and Fred Shoaff, Paris; Mrs. Fred Briesler, Sullivan and Miss Zella O'Neal, Mattoon, Zach Dowling, Kansas, and Mrs. Mollie Musser and son Gramesly, of St. Louis, attended the funeral.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Monday, March 25, 1907
There is a discrepancy on Sarah's date of death - Coles County Register of Deaths (Vol. 3 p. 357) has 15 March 1907, her stone has 20 March 1907, and the Charleston Daily Courier and Journal Gazette both report 22 March 1907.
GRANDMA DOWLING SICK
"Grandma" Dowling, relict of "Uncle Thomas" Dowling is seriously sick and the relatives have but little hope for her recovery. D. H. Dowling, her son, of Springfield, has been summoned home and a message from him this afternoon states he will arrive in the city at 6:00 o'clock tonight. Mrs. D. H. Dowling, who has been visiting from Springfield, will return home with him.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Wednesday, March 20, 1907
AGED CHARLESTON RESIDENT IS DEAD
Special to the Journal Gazette, Charleston, Ill., March 22. Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of the oldest residents of this city, died this morning after a short illness from pneumonia. She was 85 years old. A sister, Mrs. Amanda Poorman, lives in Mattoon.
Journal Gazette, March 22, 1907, Page 6
SARAH J. DOWLING HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of Charleston's pioneer residents, died at the family residence, 16 Fifth avenue, at 11:20 o'clock this morning from pneumonia, after a sickness of but one week.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, burial following in Mound cemetery. The deceased was one of the best known women in this county. She leaves three children to mourn her death. They are Mrs. E. H. Clark, D. H. Dowling and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of this city.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Friday, March 22, 1907
THE DOWLING FUNERAL
The funeral services over the remains of the late Sarah J. Dowling will be held from the family residence, 16 Fifth street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, will conduct the services.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Saturday, March 23, 1907
GRANDMA DOWLING IS NOW AT REST
The funeral services over the remains of Sarah Jane Hanks Dowling was held from the family residence 16 fifth avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, of which denomination she had been a long time member.
Long before the hour of holding the service had arrived the home was crowded and the crowd spread into the yard and onto Fifth and Washington streets. It was one of the largest funeral crowds that has ever been seen in Charleston and was a silent testimonial of the esteem and respect in which deceased and her descendants are held. The pastor paid a beautiful tribute to the life of the deceased as well as the prominent part she had taken in the history of the United States, the state, County and city. The floral offerings, many and beautiful, sent by relatives and friends, were to be seen in profusion. On the conclution of the solumn and last sad rites the casket was placed in the care of the pall bearers: Messrs George Sefton, Mike Millar, J. J. Hostetler, Wm. Frazier, E. C. Jenks, and Alex Briggs, who with uncovered heads and measured tread carried the remains to the funeral car and the cortege wended its way to Mound cemetery, where the remains were laid beside those of her husband, who departed this life about four years ago.
Mrs. Dowling was born in Spencer County, Ind., June 14, 1822, and with her parents came here in 1831. She married Thomas J. Dowling in 1839. Eight children were born and three survive their mother. They are D. H. Dowling, Mrs. E. H. Clark and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of Charleston. Fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive her.
Mrs. Dowling was the daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Hanks, and was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln and was also a granddaughter of Mr. Lincoln's step-mother, who is buried a few miles south of Charleston.
Mrs. Amanda Poorman, Mattoon; John Chapman, Chicago; Thos. Shoaff, Shelbyville; Mrs. Missouri Barney, Doug and Fred Shoaff, Paris; Mrs. Fred Briesler, Sullivan and Miss Zella O'Neal, Mattoon, Zach Dowling, Kansas, and Mrs. Mollie Musser and son Gramesly, of St. Louis, attended the funeral.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Monday, March 25, 1907
Daughter of Dennis Friend Hanks and Sarah Elizabeth "Betsy" (Johnston) Hanks, wife of Thomas Dowling, married 26 March 1839, Coles County, IL
There is a discrepancy on Sarah's date of death - Coles County Register of Deaths (Vol. 3 p. 357) has 15 March 1907, her stone has 20 March 1907, and the Charleston Daily Courier and Journal Gazette both report 22 March 1907.
GRANDMA DOWLING SICK
"Grandma" Dowling, relict of "Uncle Thomas" Dowling is seriously sick and the relatives have but little hope for her recovery. D. H. Dowling, her son, of Springfield, has been summoned home and a message from him this afternoon states he will arrive in the city at 6:00 o'clock tonight. Mrs. D. H. Dowling, who has been visiting from Springfield, will return home with him.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Wednesday, March 20, 1907
AGED CHARLESTON RESIDENT IS DEAD
Special to the Journal Gazette, Charleston, Ill., March 22. Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of the oldest residents of this city, died this morning after a short illness from pneumonia. She was 85 years old. A sister, Mrs. Amanda Poorman, lives in Mattoon.
Journal Gazette, March 22, 1907, Page 6
SARAH J. DOWLING HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of Charleston's pioneer residents, died at the family residence, 16 Fifth avenue, at 11:20 o'clock this morning from pneumonia, after a sickness of but one week.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, burial following in Mound cemetery. The deceased was one of the best known women in this county. She leaves three children to mourn her death. They are Mrs. E. H. Clark, D. H. Dowling and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of this city.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Friday, March 22, 1907
THE DOWLING FUNERAL
The funeral services over the remains of the late Sarah J. Dowling will be held from the family residence, 16 Fifth street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, will conduct the services.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Saturday, March 23, 1907
GRANDMA DOWLING IS NOW AT REST
The funeral services over the remains of Sarah Jane Hanks Dowling was held from the family residence 16 fifth avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, of which denomination she had been a long time member.
Long before the hour of holding the service had arrived the home was crowded and the crowd spread into the yard and onto Fifth and Washington streets. It was one of the largest funeral crowds that has ever been seen in Charleston and was a silent testimonial of the esteem and respect in which deceased and her descendants are held. The pastor paid a beautiful tribute to the life of the deceased as well as the prominent part she had taken in the history of the United States, the state, County and city. The floral offerings, many and beautiful, sent by relatives and friends, were to be seen in profusion. On the conclution of the solumn and last sad rites the casket was placed in the care of the pall bearers: Messrs George Sefton, Mike Millar, J. J. Hostetler, Wm. Frazier, E. C. Jenks, and Alex Briggs, who with uncovered heads and measured tread carried the remains to the funeral car and the cortege wended its way to Mound cemetery, where the remains were laid beside those of her husband, who departed this life about four years ago.
Mrs. Dowling was born in Spencer County, Ind., June 14, 1822, and with her parents came here in 1831. She married Thomas J. Dowling in 1839. Eight children were born and three survive their mother. They are D. H. Dowling, Mrs. E. H. Clark and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of Charleston. Fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive her.
Mrs. Dowling was the daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Hanks, and was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln and was also a granddaughter of Mr. Lincoln's step-mother, who is buried a few miles south of Charleston.
Mrs. Amanda Poorman, Mattoon; John Chapman, Chicago; Thos. Shoaff, Shelbyville; Mrs. Missouri Barney, Doug and Fred Shoaff, Paris; Mrs. Fred Briesler, Sullivan and Miss Zella O'Neal, Mattoon, Zach Dowling, Kansas, and Mrs. Mollie Musser and son Gramesly, of St. Louis, attended the funeral.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Monday, March 25, 1907
There is a discrepancy on Sarah's date of death - Coles County Register of Deaths (Vol. 3 p. 357) has 15 March 1907, her stone has 20 March 1907, and the Charleston Daily Courier and Journal Gazette both report 22 March 1907.
GRANDMA DOWLING SICK
"Grandma" Dowling, relict of "Uncle Thomas" Dowling is seriously sick and the relatives have but little hope for her recovery. D. H. Dowling, her son, of Springfield, has been summoned home and a message from him this afternoon states he will arrive in the city at 6:00 o'clock tonight. Mrs. D. H. Dowling, who has been visiting from Springfield, will return home with him.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Wednesday, March 20, 1907
AGED CHARLESTON RESIDENT IS DEAD
Special to the Journal Gazette, Charleston, Ill., March 22. Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of the oldest residents of this city, died this morning after a short illness from pneumonia. She was 85 years old. A sister, Mrs. Amanda Poorman, lives in Mattoon.
Journal Gazette, March 22, 1907, Page 6
SARAH J. DOWLING HAS PASSED AWAY
Mrs. Sarah J. Dowling, one of Charleston's pioneer residents, died at the family residence, 16 Fifth avenue, at 11:20 o'clock this morning from pneumonia, after a sickness of but one week.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon, burial following in Mound cemetery. The deceased was one of the best known women in this county. She leaves three children to mourn her death. They are Mrs. E. H. Clark, D. H. Dowling and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of this city.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Friday, March 22, 1907
THE DOWLING FUNERAL
The funeral services over the remains of the late Sarah J. Dowling will be held from the family residence, 16 Fifth street, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, will conduct the services.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Saturday, March 23, 1907
GRANDMA DOWLING IS NOW AT REST
The funeral services over the remains of Sarah Jane Hanks Dowling was held from the family residence 16 fifth avenue, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The services were conducted by the Rev. George H. Brown, pastor of the First Christian church, of which denomination she had been a long time member.
Long before the hour of holding the service had arrived the home was crowded and the crowd spread into the yard and onto Fifth and Washington streets. It was one of the largest funeral crowds that has ever been seen in Charleston and was a silent testimonial of the esteem and respect in which deceased and her descendants are held. The pastor paid a beautiful tribute to the life of the deceased as well as the prominent part she had taken in the history of the United States, the state, County and city. The floral offerings, many and beautiful, sent by relatives and friends, were to be seen in profusion. On the conclution of the solumn and last sad rites the casket was placed in the care of the pall bearers: Messrs George Sefton, Mike Millar, J. J. Hostetler, Wm. Frazier, E. C. Jenks, and Alex Briggs, who with uncovered heads and measured tread carried the remains to the funeral car and the cortege wended its way to Mound cemetery, where the remains were laid beside those of her husband, who departed this life about four years ago.
Mrs. Dowling was born in Spencer County, Ind., June 14, 1822, and with her parents came here in 1831. She married Thomas J. Dowling in 1839. Eight children were born and three survive their mother. They are D. H. Dowling, Mrs. E. H. Clark and Mrs. Henry Gramsley, all of Charleston. Fourteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive her.
Mrs. Dowling was the daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth Hanks, and was a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln and was also a granddaughter of Mr. Lincoln's step-mother, who is buried a few miles south of Charleston.
Mrs. Amanda Poorman, Mattoon; John Chapman, Chicago; Thos. Shoaff, Shelbyville; Mrs. Missouri Barney, Doug and Fred Shoaff, Paris; Mrs. Fred Briesler, Sullivan and Miss Zella O'Neal, Mattoon, Zach Dowling, Kansas, and Mrs. Mollie Musser and son Gramesly, of St. Louis, attended the funeral.
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston, IL
Monday, March 25, 1907
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