http://books.google.com/books?id=bZl4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=%22Dutton+Shannon%22+fallowfield+pa&source=bl&ots=TE-BHOp3m7&sig=8Pe3VMmlNbqp1UD_AkH8fMUUk-M&hl=en&ei=nLoXTq2-GdG_gQf7j6XzDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAw#v=snippet&q=200&f=false pg. 80 Mrs. Sarah F. Stevenson Wife of Rev. Jos. H. Stevenson, DD, d. Tuesday, May 26, 1891, at her late residence in Mount Carmel, Wabash Co. IL. She was b. in W. Newton, Westmoreland Co., PA. She was a daughter of Henry Fulton, a well known elder in the Presbyterian Church in W. PA. Her mother was Elizabeth Plumer, daughter of Hon. George Plumer, who represented Westmoreland Co. in Congress for several terms. He was one of the substantial elements in the early settlement of W. PA. His integrity as a citizen and his great moral worth as a representative are still cherished by the descendants of his constituents. The deceased graduated from the Washington Female Seminary in the Class of 1857, from which institution 2 of her daughters have since graduated. She united in early life with the Presbyterian Church of Monongahela City, PA, during the ministrations of Rev. John Kerr. We cannot portray her Christian character in a truer light than by inserting here a few extracts from Rev. Dr. Spilman's remarks at the funeral of the deceased: "Mrs. Stevenson inherited from her parents a deep, strong, religious nature, which developed by the converting grace of God experienced in childhood, and carefully trained and instructed in a Christian home of a positive type. Her strong, logical mind grasped the doctrines of the Presbyterian Church with more than ordinary clearness and intelligence. She was a Christian by the grace of God and a Presbyterian from intelligent conviction and loving choice. Her religious life was rather quiet than demonstrative. Its current ran deep, and strong, and constant. Her spirit was reverent. To her the spiritual side of life was very real; the love of God was real; salvation was real; Christian obligation was real. She loved the Bible. To her it was the word of God; it was the daily food of her soul. She loved the house of God with its worship and holy fellowship, and never failed to attend its services when her strength permitted. The interests of Christ's kingdom lay constantly on her heart. The cause of missions deeply interested her, hence she could not rest without a missionary society in the church. Salvation meant so much to her, and her sympathy with Christ and for the perishing world was so deep and tender, that she felt a Christian woman must pray and labor and give constantly for the cause of missions. The deceased was a model minister's wife, deeply concerned in all that pertained to the welfare of her husband's charge. The spiritual life of the church, and especially the care of the sick and the poor, received her tenderest thoughts. The friends who weep in this presence today and strew her casket with flowers, whose fragrance is fitly emblematical of the perfume of her beautiful and useful life, will add your testimony to the truth of what I say. But I have occasion to know that Mrs. Stevenson is held in like loving, grateful remembrance by other congregations who have felt the benediction of her Christian life. They in bereavement mingle their tribute of tears and flowers with yours today. J. S. V.