Sarah Elizabeth (Drew) Lunsford (1859-1938)

Sarah Elizabeth Lunsford formerly Drew

Born 1 Jan 1859 in Jackson County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Daughter of John Jackson Drew and Isabell (McQueen) Drew

Sister of John B Drew, Napoleon B. Drew, Catherine Wood Drew, James K Drew, John Calhoun F. Drew, Martha Jane Drew, Thadeaus Drew, Eliza (Drew) Stout, Isaac Drew and Benjamin Drew

Wife of James Lunsford — married 1878 in Kentucky

Descendants

Mother of Fredric Lunsford, Albert Bert Lunsford, Dora (Lunsford) Reynolds, Claude Lunsford, John Franklin Lunsford, Kenneth Lunsford, Carlo Lunsford, Eliza B. (Lunsford) Wolfe, Harrison Benjamin Lunsford, Clinton Buff Lunsford and Ellen (Lunsford) Moores

Died 1 Jun 1938 at age 79 in Berea, Kentucky

Problems/Questions

Profile last modified 20 Jan 2024 | Created 21 Apr 2015

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Biography

Sources

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9H8-8NM : accessed 21 April 2015), Sarah Lunsford in household of James Lunsford, Magisterial District 6, Glades (west part), Precinct 6, Madison, Kentucky, United States; citing sheet 17A, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,541.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M26D-4YD), Sarah Lunsford in household of James Lunsford, Bear Wallow, Madison County, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 4A, family 70, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 494; FHL microfilm 1,374,507.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHG5-TZ8), Sarah Lunsford in household of James Lunsford, Bear Wallow, Madison County, Kentucky, United States; citing ED 101, sheet 4B, line 64, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 590; FHL microfilm 1,820,590.

"Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with image of marriage record, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-TMT5), Harrison Lunsford and Carrie S. Jones; Married: 23 Jan 1919, Madison County, Kentucky; Groom's Parents: James Lunsford and Sarah Drew; Bride's Parents: William Jones and Nannie Dean; citing Madison County, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 1,943,377.

Sarah Lunsford on Find a Grave

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with image of death certificate, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6NQ-P81), Harrison Lunsford: Died: 28 Nov 1945 in York, Athens County, Ohio, USA; Burial: 1 Dec 1945, Dreyfus, Kentucky; Cause of Death: Heart Failure; Spouse: Cary Jones; Birth: 28 Mar 1895 in Kentucky, USA; Parents: James Lunsford and Sarah Drew; citing York, Athens County, Ohio; Military: Veteran of World War I; Occupation: Steam Shovel Operator, Loading Coal; Informant: Orville Lunsford; reference Certificate; FHL microfilm 2,372,586.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:

~12.50% ~25.00% Barry Lindley : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch XC1456708 [compare], Ancestry member bdl + Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T957699 [compare], FTDNA kit #N58648 + MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T957699 [compare]
~6.25% Matthew Lindley : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member matthewlindley326389
~0.39% Tricia (Payne) Aanderud : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch ZC9745614 [compare], Ancestry member triciaaanderud