Sarah Elizabeth Carroll was born around October 1839 in Horry County, South Carolina to Samuel Denson Carroll and Lydia Baker. She first married Joel Alford of Horry County sometime around 1860. They had one child together. After Joel was captured at Missionary Ridge during the war, she had not heard back from him for many years. She remarried Samuel Green Tyler around 1867. She and Samuel Green had two additional children together. She died on September 5, 1920 in Green Sea, Horry County and her death certificate says she is buried in Boyd Cemetery in Loris, South Carolina.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8QJ-66B : 23 December 2020), Sarah E Carrell in household of S D Carrell, Horry, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SF-8V8 : 13 November 2020), Sarah E. Tyler, Horry, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 59, sheet 201C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,231.
"North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F38J-44V : 16 August 2019), Sarah Caroll in entry for John Thomas Alfard, 15 Nov 1925; citing Smithville, Brunswick, North Carolina, reference pg 84, cn 9, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,893,743.
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