Sarah Ann Martin1

b. 4 July 1838, d. 29 March 1903
FatherMahlow Martin1
MotherFerinda Jackson1
Birth4 Jul 1838 Sarah Ann Martin was born on 4 Jul 1838 in Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio.1 
Marriage29 May 1859 She married John Moffett, son of Garner Moffett and Mary Jane Beaty Davis, on 29 May 1859 in Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio.2,1 
Residence  Sarah and John returned to Illinois after their marriage and settled on the old Moffett homestead in Carroll County.3 
Cens-Sum  John and Sarah raised 5 children on the family farm. For many years the household also included John's mother and grandmother. In addition, the census records indicate the presence of laborers helping with the farm as well as 1 or more servants in the home.4,5,6 
  It is believed that the extended family lived in the brick house that John's father built in the late 1840s. An 1893 plat map identifies John as the owner of 260 acres of land in Freedom township. John's brother William owned an adjacent 106 acres. Both parcels had originally belonged to the men's father, Garner Moffett, who died in 1856.7,8 
Cens-19001900  However, in later years John and Sarah settled in the village of Shannon where they were enumerated in 1900 with their son Edwin. I do not know who, if anyone, continued to live on the farm.9 
Death29 Mar 1903 Sarah died on 29 Mar 1903 in Shannon, Carroll County, Illinois, at age 64.1 
Burial She was buried at Lanark Cemetery in Carroll County.10 

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John and Sarah's stones (also several of their children) in Lanark Cemetery
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Family

John Moffett b. 18 Dec 1833, d. 18 Feb 1909
Children
Last Edited8 Jan 2010

Citations

  1. [S301] Clan Moffat in America Project, "John Moffett-Sarah Ann Martin family group sheet". This information was submitted by John Moffett.
  2. [S10] "Journal of Mary Jane Beaty (Davis) Moffett", p. 21.
  3. [S302] Clan Moffat in America Project, "Obituary - John Moffett". Obituary was photocopied from an unknown and undated newspaper.
  4. [S1030] Wm D. Moffett household, 1860 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom, p. 870 (added script), dwelling 317, family 306, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 12 of 22. Enumeration includes: Wm D. Moffett, 27, farmer, owns real estate: $19,000, pers. prop: $2,000, b. IN; John, 25, laborer, b. IN; Robert, 24, preacher, b. IN; Margaret D., 20, b. IL; Sally, 22, b. OH; Howard, 1/12, b. ?; Mary J.B., 44, b. VA; Frank Smith, 40, farm laborer, b. ?; Lucy Moffett, 22, b. OH.
  5. [S1031] John Moffett household, 1870 U.S. census, Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Freedom township, p. 131b (stamped, dwelling 75, family 75, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 12 of 21. Enumeration records: John Moffett, 35, farmer, b. IN; Sarah, 31, b. OH; Lucellue, 10, (f); Frank 5; Edwin 2, baby 2, all b. VA; Mary J., 56, b. VA; Sarah Davis, 80, b. VA; + 2 laborers and 1 servant.
  6. [S1032] John Moffett household, 1880 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop sched., Freedom township, ED 14, page 504A (stamped), dwelling 106, family 106, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Nov. 2004, image 13 of 16. Enumeration reports: John Moffett, 47, marr, farmer, b. IN, parents b. VA; Sarah A., 42, wife, b. OH; Saluceluus, son, 20; Frank L., son, 15; cont. next page: Edwin, son, 12; Anna A., dau, 10; Elvin M., son, 5; all children b. IL; Mary J.B. mother, 64, "lady" b. VA, parents b. VA; also 3 servants helping with the farm or the house; also 1 boarder: Ida Shelley, 21, b. OH, teaching school; Mary Bast, 2, b. KY (dau of Dora, a servant).
  7. [S2065] Carroll Co. Illinois Plat map, 1893 Carroll County Genealogy Society.
  8. [S2066] "Illinois Public Domain Land Tract Sales Database", Illinois State Archives (http://www.ilsos.gov/GenealogyMWeb/landsrch.html).
  9. [S1052] Edwin Moffet household, 1900 U.S. cens., Carroll Co., Illinois, pop. sched., Shannon, ED 24, sheet 5B, dwelling 109, family 109, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2008, image 10 of 22. Enumeration includes: Edwin Moffet, 32, b. Mar 1868, sgl, b. IL, father b. VA, mother b. OH, farmer; ___ [not filled in], father, 6_, b. Dec. 1847, marr 41 yrs, b. VA, day laborer; ____ [not filled in], mother, 61, b. Jul 1838, OH, mother of 5 children, 4 living, horse keeper.
  10. [S1026] Carroll County Genealogical Society, Carroll County, Illinois Tombstone Inscriptions Vol. 3.