Sarah Ann Shearer Cless

1851 - 1918  (66 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Shearer Cless
  Born	2 Mar 1851	Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	24 Jan 1918	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	26 Jan 1918	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I11685	Rossville
  Last Modified	10 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Jacob Shearer, Sr.,   d. 30 Apr 1878
  Mother	Frances Shearer,   d. 28 Aug 1892
  Family ID	F2340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martin Luther Cless,   b. 18 Jan 1848, Perry County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 7 Mar 1925, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	14 Jan 1869	Lena, Stephenson County, Illinois
  Children	+ 1. William Henry Cless,   b. Nov 1869, Illinois ,   d. 1942  (Age ~ 72 years) + 2. Charles Edwin Cless,   b. 13 Mar 1871, Illinois ,   d. 23 Dec 1956, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)   3. Arthur Abner Cless,   b. 24 Feb 1873, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1946  (Age 72 years)   4. Ella Delia Cless,   b. 1875,   d. 29 Jul 1876  (Age 1 years) + 5. Jesse Walter Cless,   b. 1 Feb 1877, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 Jul 1958, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)   6. Cora Elizabeth Cless Hartzell,   b. 17 Nov 1879, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. Jul 1904, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 24 years)   7. Clarence Clinton (Pete) Cless,   b. 28 Nov 1881, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 26 Jan 1928, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 46 years) + 8. Ralph Stanley Cless,   b. 28 May 1886, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 9 Jan 1966  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	14 Dec 2019 01:31:38
  Family ID	F1197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Mar 1851 - Cumberland County, Pennsylvania  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Cless, Sarah Mrs. Cless Laid to Rest Saturday The funeral of Mrs. M.L. Cless was held last Saturday at 1:30 p.m. from the Presbyterian church, the services conducted by the Rev. A.J. Crawford, who was assisted by the Rev. F.H. Bentley, of the Christian church. The large circle of friends made in her forty-three years residence here was largely represented in the sorrowing congregation that gathered at the church Saturday to pay their last respects to the departed friend. A veritable bower of floral offerings from neighbors of the family, the Presbyterian aid society and friends encompassed the casket. Grandma passed away peacefully as she was making her way through the hallway of her home, sinking to her knees gently and resting in that position when her husband arrived home from town last Thursday evening about 5 p.m. Death was due to heart failure. The physician's examination determined she had passed away some little time before being found. Mrs. Cless was born March 2, 1851, in Cumberland County, Pa., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shearer, and was 66 years, 10 months and 22 days old at her decease. At the age of 4 years her parents moved to Illinois near the town of Lena. She was united in marriage to M.L. Cless Jan. 14, 1869 at Lena, Ill., and they remained there until 1876, when they came to Rossville. The first year they lived on the farm now occupied by Fred Heiland, then lived four years on the Mulvane ranch. They next moved to the farm now owned by John Gutshall, where they remained five years. From there they went to the Shearer farm southeast of Rossville now owned by Morris Bond where they remained until 1892, when the family moved to the present home in Rossville. The surviving members of the family are the husband and six sons, Will Cless, of Denver, Colo, Charles E., Abner A., J. Water, and Clinton C., of Rossville; and Ralph Cless, of Pueblo, Colol. Interment was made in the Rossville cemetery.