"The North Loup Loyalist", North Loup, Nebraska, Friday, Sep. 14, 1934, p 1.
After a lingering illness, Mrs. Sarah Wheatcraft, ninety-year-old pioneer settler, passed quietly away Friday at the home of Mrs. Della Manchester where she had been tenderly cared for for some time.
Sarah A. Green, daughter of Stillman S. and Esther Wells Green, was born in Potter County, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1844, and died September 7, 1934, aged ninety years and nearly three months.
When she was one year old her parents moved to Rock River, Wisconsin, where she grew to womanhood. She attended the country schools, but these being inadequate, she went for a time to Milton Academy, at Milton, Wisconsin. There are but one or two earlier students of this institution now living. While a girl she joined the Rock River Seventh Day Baptist Church, but after moving to Davis Creek, Nebraska, she joined the United Brethren church of Davis Creek, and remained a member until her death. Creed was a matter of indifference to her, for it was the manner of life that counted and from this view she was a consistent Christian.
January 23, 1864, she married Theodore P. Weed, a Civil War soldier, and four children were born to them: Mrs. Myra L. Thrasher; Inez E., who passed away March 26, 1876; Hubert A. and Thurlow S., all of North Loup. October 31, 1878, Mr. Weed and his family reached the young settlement of North Loup, having made the trip, like so many early settlers, by covered wagon. Sometime after when her father died, they went back to stay with her mother a year, then returned, having made three trips in this slow tedious way. Mr. Weed did not take a homestead but bought the right of Frank Paine and proved up on this place, which has been in the family ever since and is occupied by the youngest son, Thurlow.
In this hard, pioneer life, Mrs. Weed proved a neighborhood blessing. There was never a case of sickness or trouble to which she was not called or did not go without calling. As an illustration of her goodness of heart, the family tells this story. A family of children near by were all sick with the measles. The weather was rainy, the roof of the sod house leaked badly, and they could not be made comfortable. Although her own children had not been exposed to the measles, Mrs. Weed took the family into her own more comfortable home and cared for them.
Mr. Weed died in 1891, and in 1898 she married James F. Wheatcraft who died twenty years later.
Mrs. Wheatcraft was a hard worker and very active. Even when an old lady she sometimes walked the seven and a half miles from town to the farm. She was a great reader, especially in her later years of leisure. In 1927 she suffered a stroke of paralysis and from then lived with her children. As she grew helpless she was cared for by her daughter, assisted by a step-daughter, Mrs. Della Manchester. When Mrs. Thrasher's health failed, another step-daughter, Mrs. Annyas, assisted Mrs. Manchester. No one could have been more loving or tenderly cared for. She was most patient in her sickness and appreciated all that was done for her. Her greatest suffering during the long hot, summer was mental, caused by the trouble she was making for others. She was more concerned over the welfare of her children or some friend than over her own affairs.

Theodore Phillip Weed 1842-1891
Categories: North Loup, Nebraska, North Loup, Nebraska Obituary, Veteran Civil War
'The Loyalist', North Loup, Nebraska, Thursday, Sep. 3, 1891, p 4.
Theodore P. Weed was born in Ithaca, New York, Dec. 11, 1842, died Aug. 31, 1891, aged 49 yrs, 8 months, and 20 days. Was married to Sarah A. Green, of Milton, Wisconsin, Jan. 23, 1864.
Bro. Weed became religious in 1865. He will be missed by all.
Funeral services conducted by the writer. W. S. Fields

Census: 1880 North Loup, Valley Co., Nebraska: age 37, farmerCivil War - Co. E, 5th Wis. Inf.

Civil War - Co. E, 5th Wis. Inf. 'The Loyalist', North Loup, Nebraska, Thursday, Sep. 3, 1891, p 4. Theodore P. Weed was born in Ithaca, New York, Dec. 11, 1842, died Aug. 31, 1891, aged 49 yrs, 8 months, and 20 days. Was married to Sarah A. Green, of Milton, Wisconsin, Jan. 23, 1864. Bro. Weed became religious in 1865. He will be missed by all. Funeral services conducted by the writer. W. S. Fields