Sarah E. Bell and Daniel W. Thayer

DANIEL W. THAYER was born in 1830 in New Hampshire, and died November 4, 1888 in Knightstown, Henry, Indiana.²¹⁵ He is buried in Bell-Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana.^{15, 456}

He married SARAH E. BELL on March 12, 1857 in Henry County, Indiana,^{197, 1675} daughter of NANCY J. BEATY and HARVEY BELL. She was born September 15, 1838 in Indiana,⁴⁹³¹ and died May 8, 1906 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{15, 4839, 4931} She is buried in Bell-Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana.^{15, 456, 5396}

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Children of SARAH E. BELL and DANIEL W. THAYER:

1. HARVEY C. THAYER, b. April 6, 1859, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ d. October 5, 1919, Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{15, 1122, 4931}
2. HERBERT T. THAYER, b. October 25, 1860;³⁶⁸² d. October 30, 1862;³⁶⁸² bur. Bell-Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana.¹⁵
3. NANCY L. THAYER, b. August 12, 1866;³⁶⁸² d. 1867;¹⁵ bur. Bell-Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana.¹⁵
4. GRANT HENRY THAYER, b. February 17, 1870, Knightstown, Henry, Indiana;^{4931, 1123} d. May 15, 1933, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{15, 1123, 4931}
5. ALICE P. THAYER, b. April 10, 1871, Greenfield, Hancock, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ m. CHARLES S. DEETER on April 20, 1904 in Henry County, Indiana^{197, 1675}; d. January 10, 1953, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{456, 4931}
6. EVA LENA THAYER, b. January 6, 1875, Indiana;⁴⁹³¹ d. July 27, 1922, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana.^{1121, 4931}

Sarah E. Bell

• was baptized in May, 1839 at Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana¹⁵⁴³
  
• was a member of the Knightstown Presbyterian Church, Henry County, Indiana (December 5, 1867). ¹⁵⁴³

Knightstown Banner, April 22, 1904¹⁰¹⁸

Mrs. Daniel Thayer and daughters, Alice and Lena, are preparing to remove soon to Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Star, May 9, 1906⁴⁸³⁹

MRS. SARAH THAYER DEAD.

Mrs. Sarah Thayer, who has been an invalid for more than twenty years, died at the home of her son-in-law, Charles Deeter, 107 Highland avenue, yesterday morning of pneumonia. Mrs. Thayer had been seriously ill only two days. Funeral services will be held at the family home this morning at 9 o'clock. The body will be taken to Knightstown, her former home, for burial.

Carthage Record, May 11, 1906⁵³⁹⁶

News reached here Tuesday shortly before noon of the death, at eleven o'clock that morning, of Mrs. Sarah E. Thayer, at the [h]ome of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Deeter, in Indianapolis. Mrs. Thayer was, until two years ago, a resident of Knightstown, and she was known to nearly everyoe here.

She was taken ill recently with pneumonia, but ha taken a turn for the better. However, complications came up which caused her death. Mrs. Thayer has been for over fifteen years an invalid. She suffered with muscular rheumatism, and during all those years was practically helpless, and could not walk a step. Through all her sufferings, however, she was patient and kind, and her lovable disposition and Christian character endeared her to all who came in contact with her.

Mrs. Thayer was sixty-seven years old, and was born in Knightstown. She had lived here all her life until two years ago, when she moved to Indianapolis to live with her daughters. She was married to Danidal Thayer, who died eighteen years ago. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Mrs. Thayer leaves two daughters, Mrs. Charles Deeter and Miss Lena Thayer, of Indianapolis; two sons, Hart and Grant Thayer, this city; two brothers, John Bell and William N. Bell, Knightstown; two sisters, Mrs. Tilghman Fish, this city, and Mrs. Mary Plimpton, of Aurora, Ill.; and a half-sister, Mrs. W. M. Edwards, Knightstown.

The remains arrived here Wednesday at noon, and the funeral was held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the home of Tilghman Fish. Interment was had at the Barrett cemetery.