Sarah Margaret Isabella Buchanan1

b. 10 December 1830, d. 11 August 1865
FatherWilliam Buchanan1 b. 19 Oct 1787, d. 9 Aug 1865
MotherMargaret Ryburn1 b. 22 Mar 1802, d. 15 May 1862
Birth10 Dec 1830 Sarah Margaret Isabella Buchanan was born on 10 Dec 1830 in Washington (now Smyth) County, Virginia.1 
Migration  Sometime in early 1843 her family moved to Missouri where Sarah's youngest sister was born in Howard County. 
Anecdote Betty Bower, a descendant of Sarah Margaret and Jerome Bridges, shares the following: "a letter in possession of my father's cousin, Katie (Reed) O'Neal, stated that Sarah had eloped with a dirt farmer (he was a run-away bond slave) Jerome Bridges; and for that reason could never return to the south, nor could she marry under the name of Sarah Margaret, since she had been bonded in marriage to a "proper Tennessean" when she eloped with Jerome. Therefore, the marriage record indicates that Isabelle Buckhanan married Jerome Bridges, 3 Mar 1846." 
Marriage3 Mar 1846 She married Jerome Bridges, son of Jehu Dennis Bridges, on 3 Mar 1846 in Schuyler County, Missouri.2 
Cens-18509 Sep 1850 In 1850 Isabella and Jerome were enumerated living in Schuyler County with their two children, Martha, age 3 and Eleanor, age one. Isabella was eighteen and Jerome was thirty-two.3 
Cens-18601860 Ten years later the census clarified that they were farming in Fabius township. Jerome reported that he owned land valued at $2,000 and personal property worth $1,100. The family had grown to include 6 children. Another daughter, Lousia Frances, born in 1851, had died the following year.4 
Death11 Aug 1865 Isabelle died on 11 Aug 1865 in Schuylar County at age 34.1,5 
  Her father had died two days earlier. Isabella died of complications following the birth of her ninth child. The baby girl only lived a few weeks. 
Burial Isabelle was buried in Camp Ground Cemetery, Scotland County, Missouri.5 
Heir Isabella was an heir to the estate of her Buchanan uncles: Robert, James and Mathew who died in Virginia. However, since Isabella herself was also deceased by 1876 when the estate entered probate, the $584 due to her was divided among her heirs who included: Martha Shupback, Ellen Reed, Shadrack Bridges, Margaret Perry, James B. Bridges, Jessie Bridges (Haney) and William Bridges.6,7 

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Family

Jerome Bridges b. 18 Oct 1818, d. 31 Jan 1901
Children
ChartsDescendants of John Buchanan and Ann Ryburn
Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?)
Last Edited30 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 210-211. Trimble cites records belonging to Mrs. Betty Bridges Bower as his source for information on the family of William Buchanan and Margret Ryburn.
  2. [S1073] Schuyler Co., Missouri Marriage Record 1: 12. Jerome Bridges and Isabel Buckhanan were married March 3, 1846 by A.T. Hite, Minister of the Gospel; recorded 20 Apr. 1846.
  3. [S994] Jerome Bridges household, 1850 U.S. cens, Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., District 91, p. 95 (stamped), dwelling 278, family 278, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Oct. 2004, image 41 of 77. Enumeration reports: Jerome Bridges, 32, farmer, b. VA; Isabella 18, b. VA; Martha J., 3, b. MO; Eleanor, 1, b. MO.
  4. [S1520] Jerome Bridges household, 1860 U.S. cens, Schuyler Co., Missouri, pop. sched., Fabius township, p. 82 (orig. script), dwelling 612, family 603, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Jul. 2006, image 6 of 30. Enumeration includes: Jerome Bridges, 41, farmer, b. VA, owns land val $2,000, pers. prop. of $1,100; Isabelle, 29, b. VA; Martha, 13; Mary E., 11; Shedrick, 6; Margaret, 4; James 3; Jesse ?/12; all children b. MO.
  5. [S991] Eugene Dodge, Cemetery Inscriptions of Scotland Co., Missouri, p. 80. Inscription reported as: Isabelle M. Bridges, wife of J., d. Aug. 11, 1865, age 84-9-29 [should have been 43y ??].
  6. [S1015] Washington Co., Virginia probate records for James, Mathew and Robert Buchanan.
  7. [S7] Conclusions based on analysis of James Buchanan probate papers.
  8. [S124] David Trimble, Buchanan and Gillespie, p. 211-214. Trimble cites records belonging to Mrs. Betty Bridges Bower as his source for information on the family of Sarah Margaret Isabella Buchanan and Jerome Bridges.
  9. [S126] Mary Ellen Reed, California state death certificate no. 29-006539 (1929); information provided by Katie O'Neel of Pittsburg, California.