VOSS, Sarah Evans
Source: Greencastle Star 22
May 1880 p 1
The funeral obsequies of the
wife of GH Voss were yesterday observed at the hour of 2 p.m. at his residence,
on North Merdian street. Friends of the family were present from Tipton,
Noblesville, Franklin and Greenfield. A
discourse appropriate to the occasion was preached by Elder a. H. Morris of
Tipton. Among the floral offerings, a beautiful custom, was a pillow, a broken
column, an anchor and cross. The pallbearers were ex-Governor Hendricks, Governor
Williams, JC Green, Hon. JR Gray of Noblesville, H Herriott, R C J Pendelton,
ML Hare, Professor John Young and Father Charles Scigrest. The deceased was a sister of Hon. James Evans
of Noblesville and the late Major Evans, once Auditor of the State. She was a
lady of fine family, sterling virtues, worthy to be the wife of so eminent a
husband and deserving the honors paid her and the high esteem in which she was
universally held. Her maiden name was Sarah A. Evans. She was born near
Cynthiana, Ky Aug 1, 1823. She was 14 years old when her father moved to
Indiana. On the 15th day of March 1845 she was married to GH Voss
whose life until the day of her death, she made a happy one. Of this union,
five children were born, four of whom survive. Not only as a wife and mother,
but as a Christian she evinced superior strength, her fidelity to the church,
the Christian denomination of which she was a member, having been
remarkable from her earliest womanhood.
In the early days of the state, when the church privileges were not as they are
today, her house was the home of the ministry. Her husband, a member of the
same church, was in full sympathy. A
gentleman writes of her: “She was peculiarly a domestic woman. Her delight was in her home. But few persons
ever equaled her in the sick house – her devotion and skill were never surpassed.”
One who has known her for many years remarked upon learning of her dangerous
illness. “She is one of a very few against whom no harmful word was ever
said.” She was rich in those virtues
that in woman makes Heaven’s best gift to man. Her mission was to do good. She
knew the closet as a place of prayer, and her whole life was characterized by
that unselfish devotion to the interest of others, purity of purpose and piety
that may ask in the last hour, “O death where is the sting? O, grave, where is
thy victory?” - kbz