Sarah Catherine (Brenner) Call (1840 - 1897)

Born 13 Jul 1840 in Warren County, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Harrison Dunn — married about 1858 in Indiana, USA

Died 6 Sep 1897 at age 57 in Ingalls, Payne County ,Oklahoma, USA

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Sarah Catherine Brenner was born 13 July 1840 in Indiana, the daughter of John Brenner and Francis Etinier/Itinier; she died 6 Sep 1897 in Payne County, Oklahoma^[1].

In 1850, Sarah was 9 years old and living with her family in Pike, Warren County, Indiana^[2].

By 1860, Sarah was 19 and married to William H. Brenner; they were living in Jackson, Newton County, Indiana with their first child, 5-month old Ephraim L.^[3].

Just before the 1870 census, they had moved to Douglass, Jackson County, Kansas, and were sharing a home with William's father and brother. William and Sarah had 7 children, all born in Indiana, including a one-month old, John E. Dunn^[4].

In 1880 the family was in Walnut, Cowley County, Kansas, with 8 children^[5].

Per Sarah's biography and obituary on Find-A-Grave, the family migrated to Washington in 1889, but William died there in 1990. Sarah and several adult children migrated back to Oklahoma where she married Dr. Samuel Call about 1893 (no marriage record found). The family resided in Ingalls, Oklahoma, where Sarah died suddenly of heart failure in Sept 1897. Sarah was the mother of "Rose of Cimmaron" and the "Dunn Brothers", Wild West legends.

Sources

1. ↑ *Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26043377/sarah-catherine-call: accessed 29 May 2023), memorial page for Sarah Catherine Brenner Dunn Call (13 Jul 1840–6 Sep 1897), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26043377, citing Ingalls Cemetery, Ingalls, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA; Maintained by Angie (contributor 47061052). Headstone with name and full birth/death dates.
2. ↑ *"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:MHV8-7J6 : Sun Mar 12 23:50:50 UTC 2023), Entry for John Brenner and Elisabeth Brenner, 1850.
3. ↑ *"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M4FB-GVM : Mon Apr 03 20:44:07 UTC 2023), Entry for William H Dunn and Sarah Catherine Dunn, 1860.
4. ↑ *"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJL-6Z7 : 28 May 2021), Sarah C Dunn in entry for Samuel M Dunn, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFP5-3X7 : 14 January 2022), Sarah Dunn in household of William H. Dunn, Walnut Township, Cowley, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLN3-ZJ6 : 29 April 2021), Katherine Brenner in entry for Richard L Fleming and Rose Noble, 1946.
• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3B5-GBN : 10 March 2018), Sarah C. Brenner in entry for Rose Ella Fleming, 11 Jun 1955; citing Centralia, Lewis, Washington, reference 11498, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,535.
• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQ9S-15Q : 10 March 2018), Brenner in entry for John Elbert Dunn, 28 Feb 1957; citing Centralia, Lewis, Washington, reference 5075, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,717.