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Sarah Elizabeth CARROLL

Sarah Elizabeth CARROLL

Female 1841 - 1931  (90 years)

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  • Name Sarah Elizabeth CARROLL 
    Born 18 May 1841  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as May 1843.
    Gender Female 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910, 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation nurse  [3] 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Died 16 Jul 1931  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Buried Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Notes 
    • News Interview Of Sarah Elizabeth (Carroll) Brown (1841-1931), Part 1

      Celebrating Sarah's 90th birthday the next day, an article was published in the West Virginia Sunday Exponent-Telegram newspaper on P. 4, May 17, 1931 entitled "West Virginia Women of Century Ago Underwent Hardship and Privation." Sarah was born 18 May 1841 in Harrison Co, Virginia to Godfrey and Mary (Gray) Carroll. On 30 Aug 1858, she married Samuel Van Buren Brown, a farmer, the son of David and Deborah (Stalnaker)Brown. They had one child, Laura Emorgee Brown, who was born 25 Jan 1863 in Holbrook, WV, and who married Byron James Hudkins, a doctor, the son of John and Rebecca (Stout) Hudkins. Laura died 20 March 1917 of surgical complications. Both she and her mother, Sarah, a nurse, had divorced their husbands. Sarah died 16 July 1931 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, West Virginia. The picture of Sarah which accompanied this news article appears elsewhere on [external link] and was put there by Carol Hurst whom I wish to thank for sending me this article.

      http://www.ancientfaces.com/photo/news-interview-of-sarah-elizabeth-carroll-brown-18/386418
    Person ID I56081  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Apr 2021 

    Father Godfrey CARROLL,   b. 15 Feb 1815, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann GRAY,   b. 2 Apr 1818, Preston Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 1908, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F35805  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Samuel VanBuren BROWN,   b. 1835, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1920, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 2 Sep 1858  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Divorced Y  [8] 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest Twp), enumerated on Sep 2 1870:
      Samuel V. Brown, 34, farmer, value of real estate $2,750, value of personal estate $1,400; Sarah E, 27; Nancy J, 11; Laura E, 7; Ella N, 5; Ada J, 2; James G, 7 days.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 3 1880:
      Samuel V. Brown, 45, farmer; wife Sarah E, 38; dau Nancy J. Hall, 20, widow; dau Emma J, 17; dau Ellenora, 15; dau Ada J, 11; son James G, 9; son Whitmand D, 7.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jun 5 1900:
      Head of household Mary A. Gandy, 78, b. Apr 1822, single, mother of 2 children (1 still living); dau Sarah E. Brown, 57, b. May 1843, divorced, mother of 8 children (7 still living); grandson Fillmore S. Brown, 19, b. Feb 1881, day laborer, single; son-in-law Samuel V. Brown, 65, b. Jan 1835, divorced.

      In the 1910 Census, Samuel V. Brown was living without his wife in the household of his son James in Grafton. His marital status was left blank. Sarah was enumerated in Clarksburg as head of household, marital status widowed, with three "roomers" but no other family members. Death records of both Samuel & Sarah Brown show marital status as widowed. [9, 10, 11]
    Children 
     1. Nancy Jane BROWN,   b. Dec 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1927, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     2. John M. BROWN,   b. 1 Jan 1862,   d. 2 Jan 1862  (Age 0 years)
    +3. Laura Emoirgee "Emma" BROWN,   b. 25 Jan 1863, Holbrook, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1917, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    +4. Ellen Nora BROWN,   b. 22 Sep 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1932, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
     5. Ada Jennet BROWN,   b. 7 Jan 1868, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1936, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     6. James Godfrey BROWN,   b. Aug 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 59 years)
    +7. Whitman Dorsey BROWN,   b. 6 Oct 1872, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1930, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
    +8. Filmore Stokely "Stump" BROWN,   b. 12 Feb 1881, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1956, Grafton, Taylor Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F23219  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    4. [S1570] Obituary of son.

    5. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    6. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    7. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    8. [S1891] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    9. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    10. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    11. [S1604] Death record of son.