Sarah Mariah (Crofoot) Herbert (1840 - 1918)

Born 8 Aug 1840 in Victory, Cayuga, New York, United States

Died 16 Feb 1918 at age 77 in Muskegon, Muskegon, Michigan, United States

Biography

The daughter of Norman Crofoot and his first wife, Lana Biddle, Sarah was born in Cayuga County, New York in 1840. The family soon migrated west to Michigan, where her father acquired land to homestead. In 1850, they resided in Mendon Township, in St. Joseph County.^[1] In 1860, they were living in Almena Township and farming the Van Buren County land acquired under the Lands Act of 1820.^[2]

Sarah married Daniel A Groff (1834-1902), the son of Stephen Groff of New York and Eliza Blanchard of Vermont, marrying in Van Buren County on April 27, 1862.^[3] They made their home in South Haven, where Daniel worked as a teamster.^[4] They had two children together:

1. Charles Hiram (1864-1917)
2. Myrtle B. (1871-)

By 1880, Daniel and Sarah had begun to farm in South Haven.^[5] In 1900, Daniel had returned to his work as a teamster and their son Charles, then age 36, was living at home and working as a teamster with his father.^[6] Daniel died in 1902 from a neglected cold that turned into a catarrh of his stomach and intestines.

Sarah remarried, marrying William Herbert, Jr. (1835-1917), the son of William Herbert and Charlotte Bennett, English immigrants, in Plainwell, Michigan on April 30, 1910.^[7] William had been married previously to Clara Ann Brown Farbrother, who had passed away in 1909. (Clara had two children with Herbert, her second husband; she had been married previously to James Norman, with whom she had six children.) William was a mason, and passed away from apoplexy at the age of 82, in 1917. Sarah passed away from kidney failure at the age of 77, in 1918,^[8] and is buried at Lakeview Cemetery in South Haven.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8G-MJH : 4 April 2020), Sally M Crofoot in household of Norman L Crofoot, Mendon, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States; citing family 136, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW63-68H : 19 March 2020), Sarah M Crofoot in entry for Norman L Crofoot, 1860.
3. ↑ "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VN21-ZNB : 11 May 2018), Daniel A Groff and Sarah M Crofoot, 27 Apr 1862; citing reference ID , various county clerks and libraries, Michigan; FHL microfilm 1,019,197.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHC2-MVG : 19 March 2020), Sarah Graff in entry for D A Graff, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW3V-HVM : 22 August 2017), Sarah A Groff in household of Daniel A Groff, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 220, sheet 588B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,608.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BP-18H : accessed 13 September 2020), Sarah M Groff in household of Daniel L Groff, South Haven village, south side, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 5B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,745.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9BP-18H : accessed 13 September 2020), Sarah M Groff in household of Daniel L Groff, South Haven village, south side, Van Buren, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 154, sheet 5B, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,745.
8. ↑ "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH14-VF6 : 17 March 2020), Sarah M. Groff, 191
9. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGD-M24Y : 2 August 2020), Sarah M Groff, ; Burial, South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States of America, Lakeview Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #118670211