Sarah Jane (Bryant) Butler (1771 - 1860)

Born 28 Jun 1771 in Wayne, North Carolina

Ancestors

Wife of Wright Lawrence Lancaster — married about 1783 (to 1826) in Contentnea MM, Wayne, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1860 at age 88 in Richmond, Wayne, Indiana, United States

Biography

Sarah Jane Bryant was born on 28 June 1771 in Wayne county, North Carolina. She married Wright Lancaster in 1789. She later married John Lowe Butler (1808-1860) in 1846 in Nauvoo, Illinois. She was a plural wife of Mormon John Butler. Her daughter Sarah also married him a month earlier. When the Butlers left for Utah in the Mormon migration, the elder Sarah decided she was too old and feeble to make the trip, and returned to Indiana, where she was living with her son William before she died in 1860, aged 88-89.^[1]

In 1850, the Lancaster family lived on their farm in Boston, Wayne, Indiana. All members of the household were born in Indiana, except as noted. The household included William S. Lancaster, 47, born in North Carolina, a farmer with $7000 in real estate; his wife Lucinda, 39; their eight children, all in school, except for the baby: Wright, 19, farmer; William, 17, farmer; Jeremiah, 14; Sarah Ann, 13; Rebecca, 10; Catherine, 8; Hannah, 4; and Julia, 1. Also living with them was (William’s widowed mother) Sarah Lancaster, 82, born in North Carolina.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #203004121
2. ↑ 1850 US Census, Boston, Wayne, Indiana (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVD-YP8)