The Raleigh Herald Beckley, West Virginia Friday October 18, 1912 In Memoriam Minerva Sauls (Clay) born May 5, 1845. She was the third youngest of a family of 17 children all of whom have preceded her to the great beyond, died Sept. 1912 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jacob Jackson, near Dameron, Raleigh-co. W. Va. after an illness of one month. Her husband James R. Saul preceded her 5 years, 7 mo. and 10 days, at the home of his son, C. E. Sauls, of Tallahassee, Fla. She raised a large family: seven sons and two daughters, all of whom were with her throughout her illness, except James Martin Sauls of Tallahassee, Fla., who would have been with her also had he not been confined at home by sickness. Her son, C. E. Sauls of Tallahassee was with her for the past month but since returned to his southern home. The subject of this sketch was married to James R. Sauls on Laurel Fork in Wyoming county, in the year of 1862 and their marriage resulted in the names of the following children: Jas. Martin and Chas. E. Sauls of Tallahassee, Fla.; Mrs. Mary Jackson, of Riley; John A., Walter and Geo. P. Sauls, of Raleigh county; Mrs. Martha Clay of Wyoming county; and Gilbert A. Sauls of Logan county. She was a believer in Christ all her life and a Christian for 20 years and when questioned by her son a few days before her death as to her future, she replied "I believe in a Supreme being. I have been praying for many years. Oh, the prayers I have offered to Him, I am ready and willing to go and do not fear facing God. I am praying to him to take me out of my suffering." Sadly wending their way over the beautiful hills and valleys into the county of Wyoming the body of grandma Sauls was taken and laid to rest in the family cemetery on Cabin Creek on Friday Sep. 27, 1912, services conducted by Messrs. Cook, Pendry and Goode of the Baptist church. The immense crowd that attended her funeral and the many beautiful flowers left upon her grave attest the friendship of this good old woman by her friends and neighbors of her former home in Wyoming-co. West Va. The writer would say in conclusion he visited this good old woman the day before her death and it was a striking example and worthy of comment to see the loyal affection and love of children to mother in ministering to all her wants to the end. And to her dear boy that could not be with her whom she called to her many times in her last days. All was done that could be done by her children and a kind and attending physician in ministering to her wants to alleviate her sufferings. "Safe in the arms of Jesus, safe on his gentle breast, There by His love o'er shaded sweetly my soul shall rest. Tribute of a friend, ?. J. C. Herald, Register and Weekly True Democrat of Tallahassee, please copy. Notes by Rita 1. I can't read the first initial of the author of this beautiful sketch. 2. In the second sentence, there is no day of death listed. 3. Wending is transcribed correctly. 4. No quotation mark after the word rest. 5. I would think "of Riley" is an attempt at son William Riley Sauls. We know that Mary Caroline Sauls Stewart Meadows Jackson was living at Dameron. 6. "Mrs. Martha Clay" named as a "daughter" is probably niece, Mary Martha Stanton Clay raised by James Robert and Minerva Ann Clay Sauls.