Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sarah F. Reed Bartlett

Sarah F. Reed, the second youngest daughter of William and Lucinda, married a William E. Bartlett on June 4, 1863 in Barbour Co. Sarah and William lived in Barbour Co., WV before settling in Upshur Co., WV Sarah was widowed by 1879 when William died in some sort of accident, according to the death record. In 1880, Sarah and two of her sons, Charles and Opha, were living next to Sarah’s father in the town of Buckhannon. By 1900, Sarah is found living with her son Opha in the borough of Jeanette in Westmorland Co., PA, according to the census. The census record gives a birth date of August 1841 for Sarah and September 1865 for Opha, and lists that Sarah owned their home and farm. In 1910, Sarah is working as a seamstress and is a boarder at the home of W. and Frances Dornes at 357 Morgantown St, Uniontown, Fayette Co., PA. She was still living there with then widowed Frances in 1920. Sarah would have died in between 1920 and 1930, probably in Pennsylvania.

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