| Sarah Ann (Johnson) Posegate |   | Born: 1840 | Died: 1878 |
| Father: Unspecified | Mother: Unspecified | ||
| Children: Allie P Posegate , Mary (Mamie) Posegate , Ella P Posegate , Kate Posegate | |||
| Siblings: | |||
| Spouse: Francis Marion Posegate | |||
Obituary
St. Joseph Gazette 7/23/1978
Mrs. POSEGATE was born in New Petersburg in Highland County, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1840, and was united in marriage to Mr. POSEGATE at the residence of her parents, James and Hannah JOHNSON, in the village of New Lexington in Highland County, Ohio, on the sixth day of September, 1858 and immediately came with her husband, then the proprietor of the St. Joseph “West “to this city. In the fall of 1860 her husband returned with her to New Lexington, Ohio where they lived until the spring of 1867, when they returned to this city … Soon after returning Mrs. POSEGATE was stricken with rheumatism and during the past eight years has been a helpless cripple therefrom. During her long years of confinement from the effects of this terrible visitation her sufferings were indescribable, but she bore them with fortitude almost unprecedented, and by her patience she taught a lesson of Christian virtue and forbearance to her husband, children and immediate relatives that can but leave its impression upon their lives for all time hereafter. Mrs. POSEGATE was a woman of rare natural ability and, had health permitted, it is thought by those who know her best that her life would have been prolific of much good for the community in which she
lived …. Mrs. POSEGATE leaves her husband and two children; Kate the wife of Robert HUGHART, and Mimie [Mary], aged 14 years, together with her mother, Mrs. Hannah JOHNSON, who had been her constant nurse and attendant. She also leaves a brother and sister, residents of this city, Mr. John W. JOHNSON, Secretary of the Steam Printing Company, and Mrs. George W. BELL.
A separate obituary in the Gazette 7/23/1878 proclaims “FUNERAL OF MRS. POSEGATE-A Large Concourse of MOURNING Friends Follow the REMAINS to Mt. Morah Cemetery”.