Person:Sarah Cummins (4)

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Sarah Jane Cummins
b.22 Nov 1800 Breckenridge County, Kentucky
d.28 Oct 1877 Perry County, Indiana
Parents and Siblings
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m. 18 Dec 1799
  1. Sarah Jane Cummins1800 - 1877
  2. Daniel Cummins1803 - 1887
  3. Elizabeth CumminsBet 1805 & 1809 -
  4. Permelia Cummins1807 - 1842
  5. Lucinda Cummins1812 -
  6. Mahala Cummins1815 - 1853
  7. Ephraim Muffit Cummins1815 - 1881
  8. Lucretia Cummins1821 - 1909
Spouse and Children
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m. 20 Feb 1819
  1. Hiram Van Winkle1819 - 1897
  2. Ephraim Van Winkle1822 - 1863
  3. Abraham Van WinkleAbt 1826 - 1856
  4. Daniel Van Winkle1828 - 1891
  5. Elizabeth Van Winkle1830 - 1916
  6. Alexander Van Winkle1834 - 1910
  7. Isaac W. Van Winkle1843 - 1873
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Facts and Events
Name[1][3] Sarah Jane Cummins
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3] 22 Nov 1800 Breckenridge County, Kentucky
Marriage 20 Feb 1819 Perry County, IndianaMarried by Uriah Cummins (10 children); some sources say ceremony took place on "14 Jan," but that may be the license date.
to Isaac Van Winkle
Census[4] 1850 Clark Twp, Perry County, Indiana
Census[5] 1860 Clark Twp, Perry County, Indiana
Census[6] 1870 Clark Twp, Perry County, Indiana
Will[7] 9 Oct 1877 Perry County, Indiana
Death[1][2][3] 28 Oct 1877 Perry County, Indiana
Burial[1][2][3] Lanman Cemetery No. 1, Perry County, Indiana

Perry County, Indiana, 1850 census:[4]

Vanwinkle, Sally 49 yrs [no occupation listed] (real estate = $250) b. Kentucky
      Abraham 24 yrs Farmer (real estate = $300) b. Indiana
      Alex 16 yrs Farmer b. Indiana
      Polly 14 yrs b. Indiana
      Isaac 9 yrs b. Indiana

Perry County, Indiana, 1860 census:[5]

Van Winkle, Sarah 60 yrs Farming (real estate = $300; personal estate = $300) b. Kentucky
      Isaac 18 yrs Farm Laborer b. Indiana

--- Perry County, Indiana, 1870 census:[6]

Van Winkle, Sarah 68 yrs Keeping house b. Kentucky (cannot read/write)
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Van Winkle, Harold, and Gary M. Lanman. The Lanman Genealogy: The Descendants of James Lanman of Perry County, Indiana. (Decorah, Iowa: Anundsen Publishing, 1986).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Van Winkle, James C., and Daniel Van Winkle. A genealogy of the Van Winkle family 1630-1993: descendants of Jacob Walichs of Holland. (Tybee Island, Georgia: Tennessee Valley Pub., c1994)
    p. 69.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Find A Grave.

    Sarah Van winkle

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Perry, Indiana, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M432)
    p. 348, dwelling/family 85/85.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Perry, Indiana, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    p. 928, dwelling/family 1045/1045.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Perry, Indiana, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    p. 253B, dwelling/family 46/46.
  7. ↑ Indiana, United States. Indiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999. (Ancestry.com [database online])
    Perry County, Indiana, Wills, Book 1852-1877, pp. 421-22.

    Last Will and Testament of Sarah Vanwinkle

    In the name of the benevolent Father of all.

    I Sarah Vanwinkle of Perry County State of Indiana do make and publish this my last will and testament. After my doctor bill and my funeral expenses are paid and two pair of head and foot grave stones for myself and deceased husband are paid for I give and bequeath the balance of a note on Baker and Klee[?] by W. Mienard given to A. J. Adye and assigned to me dated January 1st 1877 calling for Three Hundred Dollars with a credit of ten dollars money on hands to my son Hiram Vanwinkle.

    The residue of my estate I wish to ber equally divided between my surviving children.

    I do hereby nominate and appoint my son Hiram Vanwinkle Executor of this my last will and testament.

    In testimony hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of October 1877.

    [signed] Sarah Vanwinkle her X mark

    Signed and acknowledged by said Sarah Vanwinkle as her last will and testament in our presence and signed by her in our presence.

    [signed]
    R. C. Thom
    John Robertson

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    The State of Indiana, Perry County SS:

    Be it remembered that on the 20th day of November 1877 Robert C. Thom one of the subscribing witnesses to the within and foregoing last Will and Testament of Sarah Vanwinkle late of said county, deceased personally appeared before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Perry County in the State of Indiana, and being duly sworn by the Clerk of said Court, upon his oath declared and testified as follows, that is to say: That on the 9th day of October 1877 he saw the said Sarah Vanwinkle sign her name to said instrument in writing as and for her last will and testament and that this deponent at the same time heard the said Sarah Vanwinkle declare the said instrument in writing to be her last Will and Testament and that the said instrument in writing was at the same time at the request of the said Sarah Vanwinkle and with her consent attested and subscribed by the said R. C. Thom and John Robertson in the presence of said testatrix and in the presence of each other as subscribing witnesses thereto and that the said Sarah Vanwinkle was at the time of the signing and subscribing of said instrument in writing as aforesaid, of full age (that is, more than twenty one years of age) and of sound and disposing mind and memory and not under coerson [i.e., coercion] or restraint as the said deponent verily believes and further deponent says not.

    [signed] Robert C. Thom

    Sworn to and subscribed by the said Robert C. Thom before me the Clerk of said Court at Cannelton the 25th day of November 1877.

    [signed] Jno. T. Patrick Clerk

    Filed & Recorded December 1st 1877.

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