Aged 30 years 5 days
Wife of J.W. Iliff.
Following info provided by Dwain Romsa:
"Sade" Sarah Elizabeth [Smith] Iliff was the first wife of the famed "Cattle King" of Colorado, John Wesley Iliff. Sade came to Ohio City (Princeton), Kansas Territory, with her parents from Deleware, Ohio, shortly after the Kansas/Nebraska Act opened Kansas Territory to settlement in 1856. The wagon train company of "free state" abolitionists that founded Ohio City (Princeton) also included her future husband, Iliff from Harrison Township, Perry Co., Ohio.
John Wesley Iliff headed west to Denver, Kansas Territory (soon Colorado Territory) with the "59ers" gold rush, where he first ran a mercantile store then entered the cattle business where he became very wealthy. He returned to Ohio City to marry his sweetheart on January 11, 1864. The newlyweds purchased furniture and carpet at Levenworth and headed for Colorado. When they arrived at Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre and resulting Indian Wars made life very dangerous so John brought Sarah back to her parents, now at Princeton in the fall of 1865 for a safe place for their first child, William Seward Iliff, to be born on 20 Oct 1865. Sarah [Sade] never recoverd and died two months later in Princeton and was buried nearby at Ottawa, Kansas.
The Smith family was reportedly direct descendents of Captain John Smith of Pocohontas fame.
Wife of J.W. Iliff.
Following info provided by Dwain Romsa:
"Sade" Sarah Elizabeth [Smith] Iliff was the first wife of the famed "Cattle King" of Colorado, John Wesley Iliff. Sade came to Ohio City (Princeton), Kansas Territory, with her parents from Deleware, Ohio, shortly after the Kansas/Nebraska Act opened Kansas Territory to settlement in 1856. The wagon train company of "free state" abolitionists that founded Ohio City (Princeton) also included her future husband, Iliff from Harrison Township, Perry Co., Ohio.
John Wesley Iliff headed west to Denver, Kansas Territory (soon Colorado Territory) with the "59ers" gold rush, where he first ran a mercantile store then entered the cattle business where he became very wealthy. He returned to Ohio City to marry his sweetheart on January 11, 1864. The newlyweds purchased furniture and carpet at Levenworth and headed for Colorado. When they arrived at Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre and resulting Indian Wars made life very dangerous so John brought Sarah back to her parents, now at Princeton in the fall of 1865 for a safe place for their first child, William Seward Iliff, to be born on 20 Oct 1865. Sarah [Sade] never recoverd and died two months later in Princeton and was buried nearby at Ottawa, Kansas.
The Smith family was reportedly direct descendents of Captain John Smith of Pocohontas fame.
Aged 30 years 5 days
Wife of J.W. Iliff.
Following info provided by Dwain Romsa:
"Sade" Sarah Elizabeth [Smith] Iliff was the first wife of the famed "Cattle King" of Colorado, John Wesley Iliff. Sade came to Ohio City (Princeton), Kansas Territory, with her parents from Deleware, Ohio, shortly after the Kansas/Nebraska Act opened Kansas Territory to settlement in 1856. The wagon train company of "free state" abolitionists that founded Ohio City (Princeton) also included her future husband, Iliff from Harrison Township, Perry Co., Ohio.
John Wesley Iliff headed west to Denver, Kansas Territory (soon Colorado Territory) with the "59ers" gold rush, where he first ran a mercantile store then entered the cattle business where he became very wealthy. He returned to Ohio City to marry his sweetheart on January 11, 1864. The newlyweds purchased furniture and carpet at Levenworth and headed for Colorado. When they arrived at Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre and resulting Indian Wars made life very dangerous so John brought Sarah back to her parents, now at Princeton in the fall of 1865 for a safe place for their first child, William Seward Iliff, to be born on 20 Oct 1865. Sarah [Sade] never recoverd and died two months later in Princeton and was buried nearby at Ottawa, Kansas.
The Smith family was reportedly direct descendents of Captain John Smith of Pocohontas fame.
Wife of J.W. Iliff.
Following info provided by Dwain Romsa:
"Sade" Sarah Elizabeth [Smith] Iliff was the first wife of the famed "Cattle King" of Colorado, John Wesley Iliff. Sade came to Ohio City (Princeton), Kansas Territory, with her parents from Deleware, Ohio, shortly after the Kansas/Nebraska Act opened Kansas Territory to settlement in 1856. The wagon train company of "free state" abolitionists that founded Ohio City (Princeton) also included her future husband, Iliff from Harrison Township, Perry Co., Ohio.
John Wesley Iliff headed west to Denver, Kansas Territory (soon Colorado Territory) with the "59ers" gold rush, where he first ran a mercantile store then entered the cattle business where he became very wealthy. He returned to Ohio City to marry his sweetheart on January 11, 1864. The newlyweds purchased furniture and carpet at Levenworth and headed for Colorado. When they arrived at Colorado, the Sand Creek Massacre and resulting Indian Wars made life very dangerous so John brought Sarah back to her parents, now at Princeton in the fall of 1865 for a safe place for their first child, William Seward Iliff, to be born on 20 Oct 1865. Sarah [Sade] never recoverd and died two months later in Princeton and was buried nearby at Ottawa, Kansas.
The Smith family was reportedly direct descendents of Captain John Smith of Pocohontas fame.
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