Sarah Margaret (Hackney) Wells (1832 - 1873)

Born 20 Feb 1832 in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Absolom C Wells — married 6 Oct 1853 in Orange County, Indiana, USA

Descendants

Died 29 Nov 1873 at age 41 in Stampers Creek, Orange, Indiana, United States

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Sarah Margaret Hackney Wells
BIRTH: 20 Feb 1832 Jessamine County, Kentucky, USA
DEATH: 29 Nov 1873 (aged 41) Stampers Creek, Orange County, Indiana, USA
BURIAL: Stampers Creek Cemetery, Paoli, Orange County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID: 50072641

wife of Absolom
aged 39 years 9 months

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Family Members:
Parents:

• Samuel Hackney 1808–1866
• Mary Ann McClain Hackney 1811–1889

Spouse:

• Absolom C Wells 1829–1901 (m. 1853)

Siblings:

• Ruth Ann Hackney True 1834–1861
• Mary Catherine Hackney True 1836–1882
• Zerilda Ellen Hackney Rutherford 1837–1881
• Sidney A Hackney Speer 1841–1890

Children:

• Jennie Lin Wells Baker 1854–1908
• Samuel Robin Wells 1855–1944
• Sarah Margaret Wells Tarr 1858–1936
• William Beachum Wells 1859–1917^[1]

Marriage

Name: Absalom C Wells
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 06 Oct 1853
Event Place: Orange, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Marriage License Date: 05 Oct 1853
Marriage Place: Orange, Indiana
Spouse's Name: Sarah M Hackney
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: Fleming H Duncan ^[2]

Census

Name: Sarah M Hackney
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Jessamine county, part of, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Kentucky

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Samuel Hackney M 41 Kentucky
Mary Hackney F 38 Kentucky
Sarah M Hackney F 17 Kentucky
Ruth A Hackney F 16 Kentucky
Mary C Hackney F 14 Kentucky
S E Hackney F 12 Kentucky
Wm Hackney M 11 Kentucky
Sidney A Hackney F 9 Kentucky
Saml H Hackney M 7 Kentucky
Nancy E Hackney F 2 Kentucky ^[3]

Name: Sarah M Wells
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1860
Event Place: Stampers Creek Township, Orange, Indiana, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Kentucky

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Absolom Wells M 30 Kentucky
Sarah M Wells F 27 Kentucky
Jenny L Wells F 6 Indiana
Saml R Wells M 4 Indiana
Sarah M Wells F 2 Indiana
W B Wells M 0 Indiana
Richd Golaher M 30 Tennessee
Rebecca Golaher F 34 Indiana
Amay Crouch F 11 Indiana
Elizabeth Golaher F 35 Indiana
Catherine Golaher F 4 Indiana ^[4]

Name: Sarah M Wells
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Indiana, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1832-1833
Birthplace: Kentucky

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Absalome Wells M 40 Kentucky
Sarah M Wells F 37 Kentucky
Jenny L Wells F 16 Indiana
Samuel R Wells M 14 Indiana
Sarah M Wells F 12 Indiana
William B Wells M 10 Indiana ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #50072641
2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZCH-7CP : 30 July 2017), Absalom C Wells and Sarah M Hackney, 06 Oct 1853; citing Orange, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,316,696.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65Z-T52 : 12 April 2016), Sarah M Hackney in household of Samuel Hackney, Jessamine county, part of, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States; citing family 371, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FY-14R : 28 July 2017), Sarah M Wells in entry for Absolom Wells, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6H-BY9 : 12 April 2016), Sarah M Wells in household of Absalome Wells, Indiana, United States; citing p. 2, family 11, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,847.