Sarah Jane Larimer1
b. 13 May 1841
Father | Andrew J. Larimer2 b. 15 Oct 1812, d. Apr 1849 or May 1849 |
Mother | Isabella McClure b. 19 Mar 1817, d. 29 Apr 1852 |
Birth | 13 May 1841 | Sarah Jane Larimer was born on 13 May 1841.3 |
Sarah's father died in 1849 and her mother remarried the following spring. | ||
Cens-1850 | 19 Sep 1850 | Sarah Jane and her siblings appear on the 1850 Washington County, Virginia census in the household of their 19 year old stepfather.4 |
Ward | 26 Aug 1850 | That same summer Sarah (recorded as Sally) and 5 of her siblings became the wards of Robert Larimer and Nathaniel McClure.5 |
Court Record | 21 May 1863 | In 1871 Nathaniel filed an account of his guardianship. His report showed a payment of $164.21 to Sarah on 21 May 1863. This appears to be the final distribution report of the funds Nathaniel would have been charged to manage for Robert Larimer's children.1 |
Sarah did not marry.6 |
Last Edited | 7 Aug 2007 |
Citations
- [S705] Nathaniel McClure guardianship report (1871), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 18: 12.
- [S680] Andrew Larimer will (1849), Washington Co., Virginia Will Book 11: 184. Andrew's will was witnessed by William Graham, James Larimer and Eakens Larimer. He did not appoint an executor.
- [S1780] Larimer File, The Redmond S. and Mary Cole Collection, Family History Library. Judge Cole credits the information on the children of Andrew Larimer to Mrs. Nannie Margaret (Speer) Debusk, the widow of James M. Debusk.
- [S367] And'w I. Hawks household, 1850 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., 67th district, p. after 145 stamped, dwelling 1131, family 1131, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Aug. 2007, image 156 of 289. Household includes: And'w I. Hawks, 19, farmer, real estate valued at $500; Isabella 33; [the following children were also enumerated with the last name Hawks however it should have been Larimer] Margaret 16; Ann 14; Rob't 12; John 10; Sarah 8; Dorcas E. 6; Pheby 4; Mary E. 2; all b. VA; Andrew, Isabella and Margaret noted as "attending school."
- [S28] Gerald H. Clark, Guardian Bonds Washington Co., VA, p. 44. Robert Larimer and Nathaniel McClure named guardians of Robert, John, Sally, Dorcas, Phoebe and Mary Larimer, infant children of Andrew Larimer, deceased. The guardians posted a bond in the amount of $800 with James Edmondson and James E. Kelly their surety.
- [S1780] Letter from Mrs. Sampson Tilson (Dorcas Anna Larimer) to Redmond Cole, dated 25 May 1930 at 7 Mile Ford, Virginia, Larimer File, The Redmond S. and Mary Cole Collection, Family History Library.