SARAH A. CADWALADER, boarding, Topeka; is a daughter of Isaac Wiseman, a farmer of Ohio; he was born in 1776 in South Carolina, and died Dec. 31, 1833, in Hamilton, Ohio. Her mother's maiden name was Harper, daughter of a farmer of Virginia; she was born in 1789 in Virginia, and died in 1856 in Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in 1819 in Butler Co., Ohio; when 14 years old, she went with the family to Hamilton, Ohio, where the family had gone for the benefit of part of them who were suffering with consumption, which disease ended the life of her father. In 18'i7, she was married to Hugh Beaty, a bricklayer and plasterer; they settled at Hollow Springs for one year; in the latter part of 1838, Mr. Beaty died, leaving her with an infant, which, shortly afterward, died also; she then went to her mother's home in Hamilton, Ohio, where she bore this sad bereavement. In 1842, she came with her mother and sister to Havana, Ill., where she remained seven years. We here note a matter which shows a kind and sympathizing heart: This lady helped to make the shrouds and to lay out the bodies of eighty-five persons during a period of seven years. In 1849, she was married to Rees Cadwalader, a mechanic of Pennsylvania; he was of a Quaker family, in which denomination he consecrated his all: he died in 1867. She, sometime afterward, bought and improved some property in Topeka, Ill., where she now resides. By her last husband she had two children, both of whom died while infants. She is a strict member of the M. E. Church at Topeka, Ill., in which communion she consecrated herself early in life.



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