Sarah Hampson

Mrs. Sarah Hampson, daughter of David and Elizabeth (Hearst) Gilworth, of Cawthorn, England, was born there in 1811, where her paternal grandparents, Thomas and Mary Gilworth, also resided, while the maternal grandparents, Joseph and Mary Hearst, were natives of Wakefield. David was one of seven children. At the age of twenty-nine he married Miss Hearst, and to them seven children were born, of whom Mrs. Hampson is the only one surviving. Her father died at the age of fifty-nine years, and her mother died twenty years later. Mrs. Hampson resided with them until 1825, when she moved to Newtonnian, Cheshire, and there, at the age of eighteen, married Henry, son of Newton, and grandson of Thomas and Nancy (Newton) Hampson. For seventeen years she resided there, and there seven children were born to them, who came with them to America in 1846. The following eighteen months were passed at Newport, R. I.; the succeeding four years at Salem, Mass.; thence moved to Yonkers, N. Y., where they remained one year. Meantime the father had visited Illinois and purchased a farm in Essex Township, and in 1853 the family came by rail to LaSalle, by boat to Peoria, and by wagon to their Essex farm, where they resided three years. Then the Essex farm was sold, and 160 acres in Valley purchased, which was increased to 255 acres prior to Mr. Hampson's death in December. 1871. Here Mrs. Hampson and family continue to reside. Her children are: Elizabeth, Alice (now Mrs. Harris, of Attleborough, Mass.), Mary (now Mrs. Simmons of Attleborough), Anna (Mrs. Jackson, deceased), Jane (Mrs. Mills, of Middletown, N. Y.); Sarah (Mrs. Bowes), Charles, and Emeline (widow of Mr. Kelsch), residing here; Martha A. (Mrs. Jones, of Missouri); David H., of Massachusetts; Emma M., of New York, all deceased. Mr. Hampson, Sr., was democratic in politics, as his son is today. During life he was a most industrious worker and good citizen, and gave to this county a family who have aided in its building up as they shared in its prosperity.