Sarah was the first born child of AMELIA (Allen) and ELI SKINNER in Perry County, Ohio. Her parents married the 2nd of November in 1837, and she was born the following summer. Sarah was followed by sister Margaret, two years later, followed by little brother Richard. Then tragedy for Sarah struck. Her father mysteriously passed away. A few months later, his namesake, Eli was born to the widowed mother, Emma. In Sarah's heart, no man could replace her father.Sarah became a Seventh Day Adventist while growing up in Ohio which encouraged her in medicinal health. She was well read and quoted bible passages for whatever conversation was passing around the room during her lifetime. She also learned mathematics while in school, during at a time when girls were only taught to read and write. All her life she enjoyed reading the newspaper. As a girl, Sarah worked in the tobacco fields, that family grew. She began a life long habit of chewing tobacco leaves which started in the fields. Her grandchildren were quite appalled that she'd chew the leaves and spit them across the room into the Spittoon.Sarah met her future husband in Ohio. Sarah & Jim both loved Abraham Lincoln. They followed him when he was "stumping" for election. One evening she even made dinner for the future President of the United States, while he was in Ohio campaigning. In time, Sarah married James McIntire in Perry County, Ohio in 1864 during the Civil War. They immediately went West to start life on a farm located on the state-line of Iowa & Missouri. Their first daughter Eunice Emmaline was born at the end of the Civil War in Irena, Worth County, Missouri north of Grant City. She was named for her father's mother and a name variation of her maternal grandmother who went by Emma. A year & half later, son Eli Henry joined the family. A short while after Eli's birth, Jim's mother Eunice McIntire joined the family from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (The McIntire's lived in Philadelphia, after leaving Wilmington, Delaware when Jim was young.) The next year Ida Marie came along. She was always known as Kit, and probably favored Jim's father Christopher who had been dead for many years at that point. The next baby, Tommy, lived only a few months and was the first McIntire to be buried in Honey Grove Cemetery, a mile from their farm. Next James Edward was born, followed by Charles Percival. They were a happy family always surrounded by extended family. Sarah was happiest caring for others. She raised a large garden and nursed any of their unwell farm stock. She'd collect the sheep's wool and spun it into yarn to make clothing for the family. Her skills also extended to unwell neighbors, where her nursing was appreciated by all.Jim became seriously ill in 1883 and was in the greatest pain. He died a few days later, leaving four children under the age of eighteen. Only Eunice who was eighteen, but soon left for college to study. Jim's mother had died a few months before him, so Sarah was left to care for the large farm they had amassed and raised the remainder of the family on her own.Sarah and her children were musically talented, as were her brothers. Many of her children learned to play the violin and then they would perform at the local dances. Sarah was a good dancer and could dance Irish jigs, continuing to dance even as she grew older. It's told that she played the bones for these neighborhood dances, when she wasn't dancing.In the 1890's Sarah and all of the children except Kit decided to try their hand at Homesteading in Western Nebraska. Kit (Ida) remained in northern Missouri, having married in 1894 and farmed part of the original farm. A few years later the family tried living in North Dakota. Finally the family settled in Montana prior to World War I.Sarah was like most of the women in her family, living a long life, to age 98. In her last years, Sarah and her daughter Eunice both lived with granddaughter Hazel Brown near Bridger, Montana.*** The McIntyre's changed the spelling of their name during James' lifetime. The above obituary attempts to show how it changed during Sarah's lifetime.