Sarah Ryburn McCoy1

b. November 1842, d. 21 June 1920
FatherPleasant McCoy2 b. abt 1812, d. 25 Feb 1845
MotherEleanor Hays Davis2 b. 27 Apr 1816, d. 17 Oct 1891
BirthNov 1842 Sarah Ryburn McCoy was born in Nov 1842 in Illinois.3 
Marriage1 Jan 1874 She married George W. Myers on 1 Jan 1874 in Carroll County, Illinois.4 
Migration  Following their marriage the young couple apparently moved to Nebraska, where one and possibly two of their children were born. 
Cens-188023 Jun 1880  However, by 1880 they were back in Illinois, where they were farmed land in Rock Creek township.5 
Widowed1882  Two years later George died at the age of thirty-four. 
Cens-Sum  Sarah and her three children then made their home with Sarah's older sister Mary in the neighboring town of Lanark.3,6 
Death21 Jun 1920 Sarah died on 21 Jun 1920 in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois, at age 77.7,1 
Burial She was buried at Lanark Cemetery in Lanark, Carroll County, Illinois.7 

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Family

George W. Myers b. 1848, d. 1882
Children
ChartsDescendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Last Edited23 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S801] "Illinois Statewide Death Index, 1916-1950", Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/…). Sarah Ryburn Myers d. 21 June 1921 at Lanark, Carroll Co., death cert #0023842.
  2. [S1030] Ellen H. McCoy household, 1860 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Rock Creek, p. 905 (added script), dwelling 567, family 531, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 1 of 17. Enumeration includes: Ellen H. McCoy, 44, farmer, owns real estate of $3,000, pers prop of $800, b. VA; William, 22, b. VA; Mary 20, b. VA; Sarah, 17, b. IL.
  3. [S1052] Mary McCoy household, 1900 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Rock Creek township, ED 19, sheet 12B, dwelling 275, family 278, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 24 of 29. Enumeration includes: Mary McCoy, 60, b. Jul 1839 VA, nursing; Verna A., sister, 59, b. Feb. 1841 VA; Sarah Myers, sister, 57, widowed, mother of 3 children, all living, b. Nov. 1842, IL; William Myers, nephew, 25, b. Oct. 1874 Nebraska, butcher; Nora Myers, niece, 23, b. Aug. 1876 Nebraska, dressmaker; Ella Myers, niece, 21, b. Oct. 1878, IL, clerk in dry goods store.
  4. [S1051] "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (http://www.sos.state.il.us/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html). George W. Myers marr Sarah R. McCoy 1 Jan. 1874 citing Carroll Co. Marr Register B., p. 32.
  5. [S1032] George Myers household, 1880 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop sched., Rock Creek township, ED 17, page 555B (stamped), dwelling 156, family 165, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 14 of 20. Enumeration reports: George Myers, 30, farmer, b. PA; Sarah, 37, wife, keeping house, b. IL; William, son, 5, b. IL; Noah P., son, 4, b. NB; Ellenor, 2, dau, b. IL.
  6. [S1053] Mary McCoy household, 1910 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Lanark, ED 8, sheet 3A (76 stamped), dwelling 67, family 67, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 5 of 26. Enumeration records: Mary McCoy, 69, sgl, b. VA, father b. KY; mother b. VA; Vena McCoy, sister, 70, sgl, b. VA, father b. KY, mother b. VA; Sarah Myers, sister, 67, wid, mother 3 children, all living, b. IL, father b. KY, mother b. VA.
  7. [S1026] Carroll County Genealogical Society, Carroll County, Illinois Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 3, p. 45. Stone reported to read: Sarah R. Myers, 1842 - (21 June) 1920. Exact date of death added from Sexton's records.