Sarah Thomas Eaton was born July 24, 1843, and died Jan. 27, 1923. She was the daughter of Rowland and Ann Crandall Thomas, and was born on a farm near Alfred. With the exception of a few years which were spent in California, she has lived her life at or near Alfred and Alfred Station.
On June 22, 1861, she was married to Horace Eaton. Mr. Eaton died in 1909. In early life she united with the First Alfred Church, but later she moved her membership to Alfred Station. She was the oldest of six children, and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alma E. Palmer of Riverside, Cal., and Mrs. Minnie M. Beckwith of Alfred. Also by several nieces and nephews. For the past eighteen years, her great niece, Gertrude Burgess, has made her home with Mrs. Eaton. In her last years of poor health Gertrude has been faithful and devoted to the care of her aunt.
Funeral services were held in the First Alfred Church, conducted by Pastor A. Clyde Ehret, and burial was in the Alfred Rural Cemetery.
