Sarah E Woodruff

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Sarah ("Sadie") Elizabeth Woodruff
Born September 27, 1855(1855-09-27)[1]
Mahoning County, Ohio, USA[2]
Died February 3, 1906 (aged 50)[3]
Cheyenne, Oklahoma[4]
Cause of death Blood poisoning
Resting place Lot 18, Silent Home Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma[5]
Spouse John Samual Walker (m. 1873) «Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter.»"Marriage: John Samual Walker to Sarah E Woodruff" Location: (linkback:http://jimlindstrom.com/mediawiki/index.php/Sarah_E_Woodruff) in Johnson County, Iowa[6]
Children Sherman Lloyd Walker (1873-1931)
Hannah Elizabeth ("Libbie") Walker (1875-1959)
John Samuel Walker (1876-1943)
Harriet ("Hattie") Jane Walker (1879-1968)
Anna Walker (1880-?)
Elma and Elmer Walker (1881-1881)
Parents William Woodruff (October 1822 - April 16, 1903)
Hannah Morris (February 02, 1831 - January 13, 1862)[7]

Cause of Death[edit]

Cheyenne Star, December 14, 1905: Mrs. John Walker is suffering from the effects of piercing a darning needle into her knee. [Marie Hayden said that her mother bent down on her knee on a homemade rag rug and had left a needle in the rug and they didn't have modern medicines. She suffered blood poisoning and died from this.][8]

Photos[edit]

John and sarah walker family.jpg
Back (L-R): Sherman, Hannah;
Middle: John, Samuel (Jr.), Sarah;
Hattie

Historical Records[edit]

  • The 1860 Federal Census has Sarah (age 5) living with parents William (age 37) and Hannah (age 27) and 5 siblings and unknown John W Steel (age 38) in Freemont, Johnson, Iowa
  • The 1880 Federal Census has Sarah (age 26) and John (age 29) living in Fremont, Johnson County, Iowa, along with: Sherman (age 7), Elizabeth (age 6), Samuel (age 4), and Hattie J (age 2)
  • 1880: Anna was born in 1880 and died as a small child[9]
  • 1881: Elmer (m) and Elma (f) were twins that died in infancy[10]
  • The 1885 Johnson County, Iowa Census lists Sarah and John, along with: Sherman, Elizabeth, Samuel, Hattie[11]
  • The 1900 Federal Census has Sarah (age 45) and John (age 49) living with son Samuel (age 23) in Township 28, Peoria Nation, Indian Territory

Other notes:

  • Son Sherman's wife Mary was "a full blooded Indian."[12]

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