Person:Sarah Watts (15)

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Sarah C. WATTS
b.5 Sep 1829 Hamilton Co., OH
d.5 Jan 1908 Muncie, Vermilion Co., IL
Parents and Siblings
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m.
  1. Unknown Watts
  2. Joel Watts1825 - 1909
  3. Sarah C. WATTS1829 - 1908
  4. Sidney WATTSAbt 1830 - 1841
  5. Evan WATTSAbt 1833 - Abt 1873
  6. William M. WATTS1835 - 1912
  7. Mary WATTS1838 - 1839
  8. Jemima M. WATTSAbt 1841 -
  9. Joseph J. WATTS1844 - Aft 1900
  10. John Burgoyne WATTS1847 - 1900
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Dec 1851
  1. Franklin P. "Frank" DALBEY1852 - 1931
  2. Theresa Ada DALBEY1854 - 1938
  3. Verner Richard DALBEY1856 - 1925
  4. Mary E. "Mariette" DALBEY1859 - 1947
  5. Ophelia M. DALBEY1861 - 1945
  6. Otis DALBEY1861 - 1895
  7. Rose A. DALBEY1863 - 1946
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Facts and Events
Name Sarah C. WATTS
Gender Female
Birth? 5 Sep 1829 Hamilton Co., OH
Marriage 28 Dec 1851 Vermilion Co., ILto Samuel DALBEY
Death[1] 5 Jan 1908 Muncie, Vermilion Co., IL
Reference Number? 2996

1851 Dec. 28, Sarah C. Watts md. Samuel Dalby, Vermilion Co., IL, Book A, p.177 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/GenealogyMWeb/marrsrch.html

1860 census

1867 Sept. 16, Conkeys Store, IL. Marion Jones wrote his "respected" cousin Jane Love: "I Saw Jemimia Watts yesterday . She has not had very good health for some time / she is Staying at Sa[ml] Dalbys at presant."

1870 Vermilion Co., IL, census, p.312A, Oakwoods Twp., Aug. 11, 1870, William M. Ray: 275/274, Samuel DOLBY, 40 M W, farmer, $3200 real, $800 personal, IL; Sarah C.,* 40 F W, keeping house, OH; Franklin, 17 M W, farm laborer, IL; Ada, 16 F W, IL; Vernon, 14 M W, farm laborer, IL; Marietta, 10 F W, IL; Otis, 8 M W, IL; Opelia, 8 F W, IL; Rosa, 6 F W, IL; JEMIMA WATTS, 29 F W, IN.

  • Sarah C. WATTS, b. ca. 1830, of Warren Co., IN (with Joseph Jones in 1851), md. Samuel DALBEY (b. Oct. 12, 1829, Winchester, IN; d. March 8, 1912), Dec. 28, 1851, Vermilion Co., IL. --Susan Allison-Willmott <susie1z@@aol.com>, Vermilion County, Illinois, Database, RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project

no date [ca. 1873], Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I received a letter from Sarah Dolby in which she writes that Aunt Polly [widow of Uncle Joseph Jones] has sold their farm and are going to move to Kansas near Coffeeville.* Joseph [Aunt Polly's son] is there now / has bought an improved farm. There is some talk of Sallie [Aunt Polly's dau. Sarah?] marrying. They sold the farm for $4000. Sale bill $1000. broke up housekeeping last fall / spent the winter in Springfield / are now at Browns. Evan Watts, wife & one child are dead. Joel Watts and 2 of his children have joined the church at Portland, isnt that good news. Jemima Watts is married to a Mr. Cox / he is poor in worlds goods, but is a good man. Sallie writes, (?)Nimar has very poor health"

  • Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS

Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

1875 March 26, Samuel Dalbey appeared in Vermilion County Court with Byron Watts who asked that Samuel be appointed his guardian. Samuel also requested the court appoint him guardian of Ida and Alberta Watts as their parents were both dead. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005

1880 Vermilion Co., IL, census, p.546C, Oakwood Twp., June 15, 1880, Magruder W. Selby: 137/138, SAMUEL DALBY, W M 50, head, farmer, IN PA IN; Sarah C., W F 50, wife, keeping house, OH NY OH; Marietta, W F 20, dau, IL IN OH; Ophelia, W F 18, dau, IL IN OH; Otis, W M 18, son, works on farm, IL IN OH; Rosie A., W F 16, dau, IL IN OH; Eddie F. WATTS, W M 11, nephew, CA IN IN; Annie B. SMOOT, W F 22, boarder, single, teaching school, IA OH IL.

See Portrait and Biographical Album of Vermilion County, Illinois (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1889), 447-48. Samuel Dalbey was the son of Aaron and Nancy (Wright) Dalbey natives of Pennsylvania and Indiana respectively. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005

1900 Vermilion Co., IL, census, p.244B, Oakwood Twp., June 20, 1900, Joseph S. Russell: 217/222, SAMUEL DALBEY, head, W M, Oct. 1829, 70, md. 48 yrs., IN PA OH, farmer; Sarah C., wife, W F, Sept. 1829, 70, mother of 7 children, 6 living, OH NY OH; Ophelia, dau, W F, Sept. 1861, 38, single, IL IN OH; Rose A., dau, W F, Nov. 1863, 36, single, IL IN OH, seamstress; Herbert WATTS, nephew, W M, Oct. 1872, 27, single, CA IN IN, farm labor; Eugene BALLAMS [sic], servant, W M, Dec. 1873, 26, single, KY KY KY, farm labor.

MRS. DALBEY DEAD AT HOME, MUNCIE (Special to the Democrat) Muncie, Ill., Jan. 6 -- Mrs. Sarah Dalbey, wife of Samuel Dalbey, died at her home north of Muncie, last night about 7 o'clock. She was 78 years old. The funeral will occur Tuesday morning at the Baptist church at 11 o'clock by Rev. Strickland, pastor. Mrs. Dalbey had lived here for many years and was married to Samuel Dalbey 56 years ago. --Danville Daily Democrat, Jan. 7, 1908, transcription courtesy Gary Purviance, e-mail, Jan. 17, 2005

Sarah and Samuel are buried in Stearns Cemetery near Muncie in Oakwood Twp., Vermilion Co., IL. --Gary Purviance, e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005

1910 census

Files for Samuel and Sarah at RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project include Michele Chavez <michelec@@qnet.com>, Michele Chavez family file http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michelec&id=I657 Liz <evelpixy@@aol.com>, Liz's Family http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=evelpixy&id=I0450 Linda York <linda_crockett_york@@verizon.net>, Our Family http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=york&id=I111982

References
  1. ↑ JONES / WATTS descendant, Gary Purviance
    e-mail attachment, Jan. 3, 2005.
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