Miles B. Veach and Sarah Lavinia Stull

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Husband Miles B. Veach ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 12 Feb 1880 1

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Wife Sarah Lavinia Stull ¹

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           Born: 6 Apr 1861 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Nov 1893 1
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried:  - Woodland Cemetery, near Baylis, Pike Co, IL

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         Father: Charles Stull (Abt 1821-1907) 2
         Mother: Sarah Brady (1824-1900) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Miles B. Veach

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Baylis, Pike Co, IL

He bought a farm at Saloam Springs, eight miles southwest of Sterling, Illinois.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Lavinia Stull

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The following verses were written to her husband while she lay lingering on her death bed, and were printed at Yates Center, Kansas, by her cousin, James H. Brady.
"TO MY HUSBAND."
"Come near me, let me lay my hand once more upon thy brow,
And let me whisper in thy ear love's last and fondest vow.
The lips that breathed these trembling words shall soon be cold in death,
And thy dear cheek can feel no more, this warm and loving breath.
"I see thee bowed before me now, in bitterness and tears,
Yet I can leave thee something still, to light thy weary years.
Young, tender forms will cling to thee, perhaps will miss thy tone,
And though they may not share thy grief, you will not feel alone.
"Then fold them closer to thy breast, and soothe their childish woe,
And cheer the many lonely hours, the motherless must know.
The world with all its hopes and joys, will sometimes make thee glad,
But they must linger round the hearth, still desolate and sad.
"Yet make my grave no place of tears, but let the dear ones bring
To their mother's lonely home, the blossoms of the spring.
There thou mayest kneel and softly press the cloak of mother earth,
That covers her whose face once gave a brightness to thy hearth.
"Should still another comfort thee, and with a gentle hand,
Guide those our trembling ones henceforth, who makes our household band,
She cannot know the tenderness that filled their mother's breast,
But she can love them for thy sake, and make them more than blest."

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Notes: Marriage

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Their children were:
a. Elsa Veach, born March 20, 1881, and lived in Carona, California.
b. Ray Veach, born January 27, 1883, and died May 14, 1904.
c. Pearl Veach, born November 29, 1884, married Chas. Sullivan, August 20, 1908. They lived at Clayton, Illinois.
d. Robert Veach, born October 14, 1887, and lived at Saloam Springs, Illinois.
e. Lela Veach, born March 17, 1889, died May 8, 1892. Buried in Woodland cemetery, near Baylis, Illinois.

1 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 36.

2 J. P. Lytle, The Reed Family (Marion Center, PA: Independent Office, 1909), Pg 34.