Person:Ruth Rose (5)

_FSFTID: KCY6-D76

1. ↑ Ruth Rose Sawdy, in Find A Grave.

   Birth: Jan. 20, 1820
   Death: May 2, 1905
   Michigan, USA
   
   Parents:
   Benjamin Rose (1795-1872) (source: Ancestry.com)
   Sarah Hamilton (1794-1851) (source: Ancestry.com)
   
   Other Children: of Ebenezer and Ruth (ROSE) SAWDY
   Marvella June Sawdy 1846 – 1888
   Almina Sawdy 1854 – 1913
   Adelia Sawdy 1860 – 1941
   
   Portrait & Biographical History of Ionia & Montcalm Co, MI"--Sketch of M.E. Curtis, of the firm of Curtis & Sawdy]--"The father of Mrs. Curtis was Ebenezer Sawdy, who was born in Scipio*, Cauyga County, N.Y., March 2, 1812, and was reared in Orleans County, to which his parents went when he was four years old. He was married there at the age of twenty-four to Ruth Rose, who was born in that county in 1820, and whose father, Benjamin Rose, was a farmer. The latter spent his last years in this State with his daughter and family, having retired from active life. In the spring of 1842 Mr. Sawdy came to Barry County, this State,
   traveling from the lakes on foot. He bought forty acres of wild land,
   then returned East and in the fall brought his family to their new
   home. He built a rude log house and literally hewed out a farm from the timber. He eventually became the owner of considerable landed property and was numbered among the successful members of the community. He was the first mail carrier between Woodland and South Cass, and carried the mail tied up in a handkerchief. He was Justice of the Peace for years and in politics was a Republican. His death took place February 27, 1890. The Sawdys are of English ancestry."
   
   Family links:
   Spouse:
   Ebenezer Sawdy (1812 - 1890)*
   
   Children:
   Truman Freeman Sawdy (1836 - 1895)*
   Sarah Jane Sawdy (1837 - 1844)*
   James Henry Sawdy (1843 - 1919)*
   Marilla Jane Sawdy Jordan (1846 - 1888)*
   Judge Marvin Sawdy (1849 - 1885)*
   Willard Sawdy (1852 - 1925)*
   Almina Sawdy Cowles (1854 - 1913)*
   Calvin Sawdy (1857 - 1921)*
   Ardella Sawdy Curtis (1860 - 1942)*
   Edward A Sawdy (1864 - 1915)*
   
   *Calculated relationship
   
   Inscription:
   Age:85yrs 3mos 2dys
   
   Burial:
   Woodland Memorial Park
   Woodland
   Barry County
   Michigan, USA
   
   
   Find A Grave Memorial# 55345901

2. ↑ [The Hastings Banner, May 11, 1905, pg 8, col 2]
   WOODLAND AND VICINITY
   
   DIES OF CANCER
   Mrs. Ruth Sawdy, who has been a great sufferer from cancer for the past
   two weeks, quietly passed away on Tuesday, May 2, aged 85 years, 3
   months and 3 days. Funeral was held at the village U.B. church, Rev.
   Yost of Lake Odessa officiating. Mrs. Sawdy was among the first
   settlers of our township. She leaves two daughters, four sons and a
   number of grandchildren and other relatives, and a host of friends to
   mourn her loss.
   
   [Farther down in same column]--Ferris Rose was called here by the death of his aunt, Mrs. Ruth Sawdy, returned to his home in Grand Rapids Monday morning.
   
   Martin Curtis and wife and Calvin Sawdy of Big Rapids were in Woodland last Friday, called here by the death of their mother, Mrs. Ruth Sawdy.
   Date: 11 May 1905
3. ↑ Death Record Ruth Rose Sawdy