"The Weekly Telephone", Milton Junction, Wisconsin, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1884, p 2.
Mrs. Sarah C. Maxson, wife of Mr. Horatio Maxson, died at her late home, Monday afternoon, Feb. 18, 1884. When a little girl, about the year 1840, Mrs. Maxson came west with her parents and settled with them on the farm now owned by Mr. S. C. Carr. In the spring of 1855, she was married to Mr. Horatio Maxson, to whom she has been a most faithful and devoted wife. She was the mother of six children, three of whom preceded her to the grave. Three still remain, one daughter and two sons, who mourn their irreparable loss of a true mother gone. For many months Mrs. Maxson had suffered from that dread disease, consumption, and finally yielded her life as a sacrifice to its command. Her sickness was characterized by true womanly fortitude and a trustfulness in an All Wise Providence. The funeral occurred yesterday from the Milton Junction S. D. B. Church at 2 p. m., and was very largely attended by sympathizing neighbors and friends.
