Sarah Jane Hanby1

b. 25 November 1839, d. 4 April 1880
FatherJonathan Hanby1
MotherMargaret P. Rhea
Birth-Calc25 Nov 1839 Sarah Jane Hanby was born in Washington County, Virginia, on 25 Nov 1839 estimated from the information on her headstone.1,2 
Marriage8 Nov 1860 She married William Preston Wallace, son of Rev. John Houston Wallace and Martha Elizabeth Ryburn, on 8 Nov 1860 in Washington County, Virginia.1 
 Six years after Sarah Jane and William's marriage, her younger sister Catherine married William's father.3 
Cens-187028 Jun 1870 William and Sarah lived in Goodson township, in Washington County in 1870.4 
28 Jun 1870  For unexplained reasons their three young daughters were enumerated several households away living with a cook and two boarders.5 
Death4 Apr 1880 Sarah died of consumption on 4 Apr 1880 in Washington County, Virginia, at age 40.2,6,7 
Burial She was buried at Walnut Grove Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.2 

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Family

William Preston Wallace b. abt 8 Nov 1837, d. 24 Jan 1888
Children
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Citations

  1. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 380. Transcription reads: William Preston Wallace, 22y, sgl, b. Montgomery Co., resid Washington Co., VA, farmer, s/o John H. & Martha Wallace AND Sarah Jane Hanby, 20y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o Jonathan T. & Mgt Hanby; marr 8 Nov. 1860.
  2. [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 378. Abstract reads: Sarah Jane Wallace, w/o W. P. Wallace, d. 4 Apr 1880, age 40y, 4m, 10d.
  3. [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 380. Abstracted record reads: John H. Wallace, 65, wid, b. Blount Co., TN, resid WCV, minister & farmer, s/o Joel and Ester Wallace AND Catherine M. Hanby, 25y, sgl, b. & resid WCV, d/o Jonathan T. & Margaret Hanby; marr 25 Sept. 1866 by Thomas Brown.
  4. [S635] Wm B [sic] Wallace household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Goodson township, p. 96 (stamped), dwelling 237, family 260, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2004, image 35 of 96. Enumeration recorded: Wm B. Wallace, 33, farmer, b. VA, owns land valued at $2,000, personal property at $500; Sarah Jane, 31, b. Va, keeping house.
  5. [S635] Frances Johnson household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Goodson township, p. 96B (stamped), dwelling 244, family 267, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2004, image 36 of 96. The enumeration recorded: Frances Johnson, 30, black, cook, Lavinia Wallace, 8; Martha E. F. Wallace, 5; Margaret A. Wallace, 2; Wm Gammon, 65, retail clerk; Johnson Faris, 26, merchant;.
  6. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites the Washington Co. Virginia death register entry for Sarah Jane Wallace: d. 06 Apr 1880, age 40y, consumption, d/o J. T. & Mary Ree Hanby, consort of William P. Wallace.
  7. [S2268] Research of Tom Colley, Hanceville, Alabama; Mr. Colley cites 1880 U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedule for Washington Co., VA, Goodson Dist.: Hh 301: Sarah Jane Wallace d. Apr; age 40; married; VA/VA/VA; keeping house; consumption; resident of county 40y; Physician, Dr. Withers.
  8. [S165] Wm P. Wallace household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Goodson District, ED 95, page 101D (stamped), dwelling 259, family 301, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, Sept. 2004, image 44 of 66. Enumeration recorded: Wm P. Wallace, 42, widowed, farmer, b. VA; Lavinia C., 18, dau; Martha E. F. 16, dau; Margaret A. 12, dau; William E., 9, son; Julia Stella, 7, dau; all children born VA.
  9. [S12] D.E. Brown, Unfiled Death Records of Washington Co. VA, entry # 2532: John H. Wallace, d. Oct. 5, 1867 at home of parents, of brain fever, at 1y 6m 17d; parents: John [sic] P. and Sarah J. Wallace.