Carrollton Chronicle
Vol. IV Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas, Friday, May 1, 1908 Number 40

"Farmers Branch"

"Aunt" Sallie Horton died Saturday and was interred at Webb's Chapel the following day (Sunday).
 

Carrollton Chronicle
Vol. IV Carrollton, Dallas Co., Texas, Friday, May 8, 1908 Number 41
 

Death of Mrs. Sallie Horton

Mrs. Sallie Horton, whose maiden name was Thomas, was born in Mississippi and raised in Rankin county of that state. At an early age she made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ and joined the church at a place now called Florence. She was married three times -- first to Mr. Preston Smith, from which marriage three children were born, of whom only one was raised -- Mr. Perry Smith, who died at Farmers Branch in 1885. From the time of the death of her first husband she lived with this son and family, except ten years while she was the wife of L. S. Horton. After the death of her first husband she was married to Mr. Silas Stein, who had a family of six children, all of who were largely trained by her motherly hand. One of these -- Mrs. Emma Holcombe --- lived in Texas for a number of years.
Twice the deceased came into a home where there were children and nobly, faithfully she discharged the difficult duty of a step-mother.
She at one time was quite wealthly, but the greater part of her property was swept away by the civil war. In all the vicissitudes of life she comported herself like the Christian lady that she was, and with unshrinking faith in her God addressed herself to the changed condition of circumstances and did her part in an humble way to restore prosperity to her beloved southland.
She was eighty-four years old on the 28th [?] of last February, and the testimony of all who knew her would be that her life has been a blessing. To her grand children her memory will be precious and the kind and gentle disposition of her heart, as well as her loving deeds, will be treasured up in memory by all, and especially by her grandchildren and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Nannie Smith.
Funeral services were conducted by the writer and Rev. Green at the Baptist church house at Farmers Branch. Several of her acquaintances bore testimony to her worth during the memorial services, and her body was laid away in Webb's cemetery.
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord."
E. C. BRAMBLITT