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Sarah Lucretia Mead Kitt

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Birth	:	8 Sep 1851 Ohio, USA
Death	:	22 May 1935 Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Mount Zion Cemetery, Benkelman, Dundy County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.3143997, -101.4366989
Inscription	:	MOTHER
Description	:	. . . Sarah was born in Ohio, ancestors came from England or Wales, her father served in the Civil War. She taught several terms of school before her marriage. She helped with the beginning of the Mt. Zion Church, was the Mt. Zion treasurer for years, and taught a Sunday School class at Mt. Zion for 22 years. Her hardships were many. She made all the children's clothes (the older boys had no store-bought clothes until the late teens), knitting socks (even her own stockings), washing, ironing, and bread baking. There was a time when she baked a 50... Read More	. . . Sarah was born in Ohio, ancestors came from England or Wales, her father served in the Civil War. She taught several terms of school before her marriage. She helped with the beginning of the Mt. Zion Church, was the Mt. Zion treasurer for years, and taught a Sunday School class at Mt. Zion for 22 years. Her hardships were many. She made all the children's clothes (the older boys had no store-bought clothes until the late teens), knitting socks (even her own stockings), washing, ironing, and bread baking. There was a time when she baked a 50 pound sack of flour in a week. She was mid-wife for many, a number of babies were born in it the neighborhood with her help and no doctor. In her later years her hobby was knitting lace. She died at the age of 83, on May 22, 1935, and was buried in Mt. Zion cemetery. Six sons were [pall] bearers. John C. died September 30, 1942 at the age of 92. The home that John and Sarah established in 1893 was six miles south and one west of Wauneta. [Mrs. Louis Grimm, Mrs. Walter Florea, Mrs Gary DeWester and Mrs. Jim Arenz, A Backward Look (North Platte NE: City of Wauneta?, c.1976) Submitted by Clara Kitt McBride and Donnaline Kerns Kitt]

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Sarah Lucretia Mead Kitt's memorial is located at: Mount Zion Cemetery, Benkelman, Dundy County, USA.
When did Sarah Lucretia Mead Kitt death?
Sarah Lucretia Mead Kitt death on 22 May 1935 in Wauneta, Chase County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.3143997
Longitude: -101.4366989

Family Members:

Spouse

John Childs Kitt

(1851 - 1942)

Children

Miles Truman Kitt

(1877 - 1952)

Omar Kitt

(1880 - 1943)

Mary Elizabeth Kitt McCallum

(1882 - 1982)

John Jay Kitt Sr.

(1884 - 1967)

Ray Nicholas Kitt

(1886 - 1968)

Lee Earl Kitt

(1889 - 1968)

Clara Fern Kitt McBride

(1897 - 1986)

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Coordinate: 40.3143997, -101.4366989

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Coordinate: 40.0886600, -101.3512900

16. Rising Sun Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.2774000, -101.1170000

17. Benkelman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.0699997, -101.5318985

18. Old Palisade Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.3367004, -101.0971985

19. Elmer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5532990, -101.2885971

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Coordinate: 40.3442001, -101.0892029

21. Mount Hope Cemetery
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Coordinate: 40.5297012, -101.6607971

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23. West Union Cemetery
Hitchcock County, USA
Coordinate: 40.0600014, -101.2830963

24. Lake View Cemetery
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