Sarah was born in 1835.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LQ-J1W : 19 March 2020), Margaret Sams in entry for Silas Sams, 1860.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDVD-CRG : 19 March 2020), Margaret Sams in entry for Silas Sams, 1870.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD25-4DH : 11 August 2017), Margurett Sams in household of Silas Sams, Cass, Jones, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 329, sheet 350A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,348.
Daughter's marriage record names parents: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJD2-NJV : 10 February 2018), Lewis Leck in entry for Lorenzo Leck and Maggie Sams, 25 Aug 1881, Cass township, Jones County, Iowa, United States; citing reference 18, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,255,529.
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