Sarah Ellen (Biggs) Butler (abt. 1827 - 1877)

Born about 5 Feb 1827 in Indiana, USA

Wife of Robert (Rosebrough) Rosebraugh — married 10 Jul 1847 in Warren Co., Indiana, USA

Wife of Lyman Moody Butler — married 29 Oct 1863 in Warren Co., Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1877 at about age 50 in Warren Co., Indiana, USA

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Biography

Sarah Biggs was born in February 1827 in Indiana.

She married(1) Robert Rosebrough/Rosebraugh 10 July 1847 in Warren Co., Indiana.^[1]

1850 census -- Steuben Twnp., Warren Co., Indiana, USA

Robert Rosebraugh, age 27, male, , farmer, $600, born Indiana; Sarah A Rosebraugh, age 2, female, , born Indiana, Mary Rosebrough, age 63, female, , born Kentucky^[2]

1860 census -- Steuben Twnp., Warren Co., Indiana, USA

Robt Rosebrough, age 37, male, , farmer, $5200 real estate, $1500 personal property, born Ohio; Sarah Rosebrough, age 36, female, , born Ohio; Mary Rosebrough, age 12, female, , born Indiana, attended school; Mahala Rosebrough, age 8, female, , born Indiana, attended school; Harriet Rosebrough, age 6, female, , born Indiana, attended school; Levica Rosebrough, age 4, female, , born Indiana; George Rosebrough, age 2, male, , born Indiana; Henry Butler, age 23, male, , farm laborer, born Indiana^[3]

She married(2) Lyman Butler 29 October 1863 in Warren Co., Indiana.^[4]

1870 census -- Steuben Twnp., Warren Co., Indiana, USA

Lyman Butler, age 43, male, white, farmer, $10320 real estate, $900 personal property, born Indiana;Sarah E Butler, age 43, female, white, keeping house, born Indiana; Mahala Rosebraugh, age 19, female, white, born Indiana; Harriet Rosebraugh, age 17, female, white, born Indiana; Lovica Rosebraugh, age 14, female, white, born Indiana, attended school; George W Rosebraugh, age 12, male, white, farm laborer, born Indiana, attended school; Wallace D Rosebraugh, age 10, male, white, farm laborer, born Indiana, attended school; Charles Butler, age 6, male, white, born Indiana; Austin V Butler, age 1, male, white, born Indiana; Joseph Diffendaffeo, age 22, male, white, common laborer, born Indiana^[5]

She died 6 February 1877 in Warren Co., Indiana. She is buried in Shanklin Hill Cemetery in Warren Co., Indiana.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFWL-3M7 : accessed 3 April 2016), Robert Rosebraugh and Sarah Biggs, 10 Jul 1847; citing reference pg544; FHL microfilm 1,976,524.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHV8-B6X : accessed 3 April 2016), Sarah A Rosebraugh in household of Robert Rosebraugh, Steuben, Warren, Indiana, United States; citing family 117, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4N4-NVM : 18 February 2021), Sarah Rosebrough in entry for Robt Rosebrough, 1860.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFWL-V2B : 13 January 2020), Lyman W. Butler, 1863.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MX6V-4SR : accessed 3 April 2016), Sarah E Butter in household of Lyman Butter, Indiana, United States; citing p. 66, family 505, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,867.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126472675/sarah-ellen-butler : accessed 9 October 2021), memorial page for Sarah Ellen Biggs Butler (5 Feb 1827–6 Feb 1877), Find A Grave: Memorial #126472675, citing Shanklin Hill Cemetery, Warren County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Alan L. Fisher (contributor 47347494) .