Sarah A.V. Butt1
b. 28 January 1827
Father | Rignal Butt1 |
Mother | Sarah Bondurant2 |
Birth | 28 Jan 1827 | Sarah A.V. Butt was born on 28 Jan 1827 in Botetourt County, Virginia.3,1 |
Marriage | 3 Dec 1862 | She married Samuel Landis Maiden, son of John Maiden and Susanna Landis, on 3 Dec 1862 in Washington County, Virginia.1,4 |
3 Dec 1862 | She was 35 and he was 37. | |
Samuel's first wife had died the previous January, leaving him with several small childen to raise. | ||
Cens-1880 | 14 Jun 1880 | By 1880 the only child from Samuel's first marriage still at home was his daughter Mary. However Samuel and Sarah's children Minnie (13) and Jessee (5) no doubt kept the house lively [Samuel and Sarah also had a daughter born in 1869 who died in 1870]. Samuel and Sarah were both in their early 50s in 1880, Sarah having been in her late 40s when Jessee was born.5 |
Widowed | Apr 1896 | Samuel died in April 1896. |
Milit-Pens | 26 May 1902 | On May 26, 1900 Sarah filed for a Civil War widow's pension based on Samuel's service during the war. She was living at Glenford in Washington County at the time. In May 1902 she completed a supplementary form which stated among other things that she was not listed on the county real and personal property tax rolls. The witnesses to this second form were George E. Butt and Robert F. Caldwell. Sarah signed both the original and the supplemental forms with an X.4 |
Burial | She was buried at Maiden Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.3 |
Family | Samuel Landis Maiden b. 27 Feb 1825, d. 18 Apr 1896 | |
Children |
Last Edited | 23 Nov 2013 |
Citations
- [S6] Thomas Colley, Washington Co. VA Marriages 1853-1880, p. 220. Entry abstracted as: Samuel L. Maiden, 38y, wid, b. Botetourt Co., VA, resid WCV, farmer, s/o John & Susannah Maiden AND Sarah A.V. Butt, 36, sgl, b. Botetourt Co., VA, resid WCV, d/o Rignal Butt; marr: 3 Dec. 1862.
- [S1859] Sarah Finch Maiden Rollins, The Maiden Family of Virginia and Allied Families 1623-1991, p. 649.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 129. Stone reported to read: Sarah A.V. Maiden, 28 Jan. 1827, d. [no date]
- [S1302] "Confederate Pension Applications Submitted by Widows and Soldiers who Served from the State of Virginia", Library of Virginia (http://ajax.lva.lib.va.us/F/ : application viewed Oct. 2007). Sarah A.V. Maiden pension application dated 26 May 1900.
- [S163] Samuel Maiden household, 1880 U.S. Cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Saltville district, ED 99, p. 34B, dwelling 304, family 311. Sept. 2007, image 34 of 63. Household includes: Samuel Maiden, 53, farmer; Sarah A.V., 54, wife; Mary A., 27, dau; Minnie L., 13, dau; Jessie L., 5, son; all b. VA.
- [S1859] Sarah Finch Maiden Rollins, The Maiden Family of Virginia and Allied Families 1623-1991, p. 649-652. Mrs. Rollins cites Mrs. Nancy Montgomery of Austin Texas for the information on the descendants of Samuel Maiden.