Flinn, Mrs. Sarah, Pittsburg, March 15, ae. 78, consort of William Flinn, Esq. It is a tribute which nature owes to the living to cherish the memory of the dead. Mrs. F. was the daughter of David Sample, of Westmoreland Co., Pa., attorney at law, in which profession he occupied a very eminent position in his day. Mr. Sample, owing to the dangers to which his family were exposed from the frequent incursion of the Indians, especially in his absence from home, attending to official duties, removed them, for a short time, to Cumberland Co. It was in this county, near Big Spring, that Mrs. Flinn was born. It was her privilege to be able to point back to a father who was an ornament to the legal profession, who was esteemed for his urbanity, and beloved for his generosity ; but she had a higher honor in that she could refer to a parentage who feared and served the Lord. Her father was no less a Christian than a gentleman or a lawyer. Mrs. Flinn finally cherished the religious instruction which had been inculcated by her pious parents in the morning of her days. Frequently has the writer heard her speak, with thankfulness and gratitude to God, of her parents.
