Sarah E Woodruff

Sarah ("Sadie") Elizabeth Woodruff
Born	September 27, 1855(1855-09-27) Mahoning County, Ohio, USA
Died	February 3, 1906 (aged 50) Cheyenne, Oklahoma
Cause of death	Blood poisoning
Resting place	Lot 18, Silent Home Cemetery, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma
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
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)

Cause of Death

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.]

Historical Records

• 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)
• Iowa City Weekly Republican, April 2, 1884: About 9 o'clock last Wed. nite, John Walker who resides just south of Ryerson's Mill on the West side of the river, crossed the Rock Island Bridge on his way home and started to descend by the flight of high stone steps which lead from the bridge to the road below. In some way, he lost his footing and fell over the unprotected edge to the hard ground below. He was caried home and Dr. Lytle summoned. It was found on examination that no bones had been broken, but his body and limbs were severely bruised. As his injuries were not of a serious character, he will doubtless soon recover.
• 1880: Anna was born in 1880 and died as a small child
• 1881: Elmer (m) and Elma (f) were twins that died in infancy
• Event: June 04, 1894, John had a wooden leg--lost his leg in Altoona when it was run over by a train
• The 1885 Johnson County, Iowa Census lists Sarah and John, along with: Sherman, Elizabeth, Samuel, Hattie
• Des Moines Leader, June 5, 1894: J.S. Walker of Shelby had one foot cut off at Altoona last night. He was a passenger on the train and jumped off before it stopped. He was brought to DesMoines and taken to Cottage Hospital. [Family legend is that he got on the wrong train and when he discovered that he wasn't headed to Shelby, he jumped off.]
• The 1900 Federal Census has Sarah and John living with son Samuel in Township 28, Peoria, Indian Territory
• The 1910 Federal Census lists John as a widow, in Elk, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, living with S., Daisy, Sadie, Hattie, and John Walker
• The 1920 Federal Census lists John as a widow, in Crawford, Cherokee, Kansas, with Sherman family
• Son Sherman's wife Mary was "a full blooded Indian."