Sarah Rebecca Carpenter1
b. 31 July 1866, d. March 1947
Father | James Carpenter2,1 b. 2 Jun 1825, d. 10 Sep 1881 |
Mother | Margaret Ann Ryburn1 b. 9 Aug 1828, d. 15 Apr 1905 |
Birth | 31 Jul 1866 | Sarah Rebecca Carpenter was born on 31 Jul 1866 in Washington County, Virginia.3,4 |
Childhood | Sarah grew up in the Glade Spring district of Washington County with 7 brothers and sisters.5,2 | |
Marriage | 22 Dec 1897 | She married first James Thomas Carmack, son of Isaac Carmack and Jane Hamilton Campbell, on 22 Dec 1897 in Bristol, Virginia.6,7 |
They were second cousins. | ||
Cens-1900 | 10 Jun 1900 | They were enumerated on the 1900 census for the Goodson district of Washington County, Virginia, with 4 children from his second marriage and 1 year old James, the first of the 3 children they would have together.3 |
Cens-1910 | 7 May 1910 | Ten years later, when the federal census was again recorded, two daughters, Pearl and Cora, had joined the family.8 |
Widowed | May 1911 | Sarah was widowed when James died in May of 1911. |
Marriage | after May 1911 | She married second Robert Fairman Sheffey after May 1911. |
His first wife was the sister of Sarah's first husband. | ||
Cens-1920 | 10 Jan 1920 | By 1920 Sarah and Robert had been married for 9 years. The census recorded them living in Bristol where Robert was a laborer for a tannery. Living with them were Sarah's children May and Cora, as well as her son James and his wife, Ethel.9 |
Cens-1930 | 2 May 1930 | The 1940 census provided additional information. Robert and Sallie rented a home on King Mill Pike in the community of King Town which the census enumerator noted to be a suburb of Bristol.10 |
Widowed | 8 Jul 1935 | Robert died in the summer of 1935. |
Cens-1940 | 15 May 1940 | Sarah then lived with her daughter and son-in-law, Pearlie and Willie Foran, and their family. The 1940 census, which recorded the household in the Goodson Township area of Washington County, asked each person how many years of education they had completed. Sallie, who was 73 at that time, stated she had completed the 5th grade.11 |
Sarah's grandson remembers her as someone who was very well liked by everyone in the neighborhood, especially by the children.12 | ||
Death | Mar 1947 | Sarah died in Mar 1947 in Bristol, Washington County, Virginia, at age 80.4 |
Burial | She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Washington County, Virginia.13 |
Family | James Thomas Carmack b. 27 Dec 1857, d. 9 May 1911 | |
Children |
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Charts | Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?) |
Last Edited | 26 Jul 2013 |
Citations
- [S23] Marguerite Carpenter Flynn Coleman, "Carpenter Family" in Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 106.
- [S165] James Carpenter household, 1880 U.S. Census, Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Glade Spring District, ED 94, page 18 (61B stamped), dwelling 154, family 155, viewed online at www.Ancestry.com, April 2003, image 18 of 54. James Carpenter, 55, farmer; Margaret A., 52, wife; Cornelia J., 26, dau; Mary M., 17, dau; Sarah R., 12, dau; Frances S, 8, dau; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S574] James Carmack household, 1900 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Goodson district, ED 110, sheet 9B (106 stamped), dwelling 156, family 156, viewed online at Genealogy.com, Jan. 2005, image 17 of 99. Enumeration includes: James Carmack, 41, b. Dec. 1858, marr 2 yrs, farm laborer; Sally, wife, 33, b. Jul 1866, marr 2 yrs, mother 1 child, living; Henry, son, 13, b. Nov. 1886; Glena, dau, 12, b. Apr. 1888; Grace, dau, 10, b. Nov. 1889; Bobie, son, 8, b. Mch 1892; James, son, 1, b. Dec. 1898; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S90] Betty Mealy, "Carmack Info For Rambling Roots, Campbell Family Attached," e-mail to Diana Powell, 12 Feb. 2005. Betty cites Sarah's obituary which was published in the Bristol Herald Courier in March 1947 and which was provided to her by Gladys Weddle. Sarah Carpenter Carmack became the stepmother of Betty's grandmother, Grace Carmack, when Grace was 8 years old.
- [S635] James Carpenter household, 1870 U.S. cens, Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Glade Spring district, p. 69 (stamped), dwelling 219, family 225, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan. 2005, image 31 of 49. Enumeration includes: Jas Carpenter, 44, farmer, land value $1,800, pers. prop $400; M.A., 42, keeping house; William, 16; P. J., 15; Eliza, 14; John, 12; Mary, 7; S.R. (f), 4; all b. VA.
- [S8] Hockett and Hunt, 1891-1902 Marriages of Washington Co. VA, p. 17. James Carmack, 36, widow, s/o Isaac & Jane Carmack, farmer AND Sallie R. Carpenter 31, d/o John & Sallie R. Carpenter; 20 Dec. 1897. [an image of the actual license reveals that 20 Dec. was the date the license was issued, not the date of the marriage]
- [S3223] Jane Carty, "Ramblingroots.com," e-mail to unknown recipient, 10 June 2011. Mrs. Carty shared a digital copy of James Carmack and Sallie R. Carpenter's marriage license obtained at the Historical Soc. of Washington Co., VA Library. The license was dated 20 Dec. 1897; the marriage was performed by Rev. A.N. Jackson on Dec. 22nd at Bristol, VA.
- [S237] James Carmack household, 1910 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., Goodson district, ED 128, sheet 21B, dwelling 249, family 249, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jan. 2005, image 41 of 41. Enumeration includes: James Carmack, 51, marr3, 11 yrs, farmer; Sallie, wife, 43, marr1, 11yrs, mother 3 children, all living; Robert, son, 17; Jimmie, son, 10; Pearl, dau, 8; Cora, dau, 1; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S1167] Robert Sheffey household, 1920 U.S. cens., Bristol (Independent City), VA, pop. sched., Bristol, ED 11, sheet 11A (56 stamped), dwelling 192, family 205, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Feb. 2005. Enumeration includes: Robert Sheffey, 63, marr, laborer in tannery; Sallie, wife, 53, marr; also the following Carmacks, all listed as stepchildren: May, 16; Cora, 11; James, 21 and Ethel, 18; all b. VA, all parents b. VA.
- [S639] Robert H. Sheffey household, 1930 U.S. cens., Washington Co., VA, pop. sched., King Town, ED 96-10, sheet 26B, dwelling 493, family 536, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2013. Household includes: Robert H, Sheffey, 73, first married at 21, b. VA/VA/VA, rents home on King Mill Pike for $10 mos, employed as a garden laborer; Sallie I., 63, first married at 31, b. VA/VA/VA; May C., dau, 25, sgl, store clerk, b. VA/VA/VA.
- [S3191] William N. Foran household, 1940 U.S. cens., Washington Co., Virginia, pop. sched., Goodson Township, ED 96-12, sheet 17-B, household 310, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul 2013. Household includes: William N. Foran, 30, owns home worth $2,500, is not a farm, completed 6th grade, b. VA, employed as a grazer for a glass company; Pearle, wife, 36, completed 6th grade, b. VA; Billie, son, 7, b. VA; David, son, 11/12, b. VA; Sallie R. Sheffey, mother-in-law, 73, wid, b. VA, completed 5th grade; all except David resid Bristol, WCV in 1935.
- [S3223] Jane Carty, "Ramblingroots.com," e-mail to unknown recipient, 24 May 2011. Mrs. Carty's father is the son of Pearlie Mae (Carmack) Foran, and grandson of Sarah (Carpenter) Carmack Sheffey.
- [S2] Catherine McConnell, High On A Windy Hill, p. 295. Stone reported to read: Sarah R. Sheffey, 1866-1947, "Mother."