Posted by SFgenealogy on Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 13:18:08 :

Mrs. Sarah GILSTRAP died in San Francisco on Wednesday. The remains were shipped to Hanford and arrived here yesterday morning. The funeral took place this afternoon from the Methodist church in this city. Deceased was the mother of Mrs. COTTLE of Eucalyptus. She was a native of Illinois and was aged 52 years at the time of her death.

Source: Hanford Journal (Hanford, Kings Co., CA), 8 May 1896. Transcribed by Dee Sardoc.