Sarah Adeline (Collin) Gilruth (1840 - 1936)

Born 3 Jan 1840 in Hillsdale, Columbia, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James H. Gilruth — married 20 Jun 1869 in Mt. Vernon, Linn Co., Iowa

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1936 at age 96 in Evanston, Ill.

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1840 to Henry Collin and Sarah White in Hillsdale, New York.

Sarah was named in the death record of her daughter. ^[1]

In 1857, they moved to Mount Vernon, Iowa, where her father was a banker.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Tue, Dec 29, 1936, Page 10

ADDIE C. GILRUTH, 97, CORNELL COLLEGE ALUMNA

Mrs. Addie Gitruth, 97 years old, died yesterday in the home of her daughter, Dr. Mary G. McEwen, 1703 Chicago avenue, Evanston, after a brief illness.

Mrs. Gilruth was born in Hillsdale, N. Y., and came west with her parents in 1857, settling at Mt. Vernon, Ia. She was graduated from Cornell college in 1861 and last June returned to the college in Mount Vernon as its guest or honor to celebrate the 75th anniversary of her graduation. In 1869 she married the late Rev. James H. Gilruth of Davenport, Ia., then a member of the Upper Iowa Methodist conference. To them were born seven children, four of whom survive. Mrs. William C. Rigby of Washington, D. C.; James C. Gilruth of Chicago, Henry A. Gilruth of Duluth, Minn., and Dr. McEwen. There are fifteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held today at Graceland cemetery chapel at 1:30 p. m. with the Rev. Ernest F. Tittle, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church, Evanston, officiating.

1850 Federal Census in Hillsdale, New York:

• Henry A Collin 33 Farmer born New York
• Sarah A 30 born Connecticut
• Henry O 12 born New York
• Sarah A 10 born New York
• Edwin 7 born New York

1860 Federal Census in Mount Vernon, Linn, Iowa:

• Henry A Collin 43 Justice of the Peace born New York
• Sarah A 40 born Connecticut
• Henry A 21 born New York
• Sarah A 18 born New York
• Edwin 17 born New York

Sources

1. ↑ ["Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7JC-156 : 17 May 2016), James H. Gilruth in entry for Miriam Gilruth Michell, 29 Dec 1910; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference ref. 11841, record number 41, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,239,880.]

• 1850 Federal Census
• 1860 Federal Census
• 1936 Cook County Death Record for Addie Collin Gilruth, gives birth and death dates, spouse as James Henry Gilruth, and parents as Henry Augustus Collin and Sarah Ann White