Sarah Ella Hamilton (1863 - 1941)

Born 14 Mar 1863 in Marissa, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

Wife of James Killough Henry — married about 7 Feb 1888 in Winnsboro, Fairfield, South Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1941 at age 78 in Chester, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed. It is presumed that Ella was born in Marissa or the area immediately around Marissa.

Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.

What became her wedding adventure to South Carolina as well as her life story should be added here by a knowledgeable descendant but each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.

The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.

Sarah was born in 1863 at Marissa, Illinois to J C Hamilton and Margaret Meeks. She passed away in 1941 in Chester, SC. She was survived by her husband J K Henry.^[1]

Marriage record not located, but according to 1900 Census, Ella and J K Henry were married in 1888.

1870 - St Clair Township, St Clair, Illinois^[2]

1880 - Township 3, St Clair, Illinois^[3]

1900 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina^[4]

1910 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina^[5]

1940 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina^[6]

James K (83), Sara E (78)

Research Notes

Info posted on Find a Grave, requires confirmation^[7]

Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement feverently believed. It is presumed that Ella was born in Marissa or the area immediately around Marissa. Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.

Census Lists

1880 - Township 3, St Clair, Illinois

1870 - St Clair Township, St Clair, Illinois

1900 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina

1910 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina

Sources

1. ↑ "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N92L-X5F : 18 July 2017), Sarah Ella Hamilton Henry, 29 Aug 1941; citing , Hamilton Henry, Sarah Ella, 1941, Department of Archives and History, State Records Center, Columbia; FHL microfilm 1,944,150.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WX-5C4 : 19 March 2020), Ellen Hamilton in entry for John Hamilton, 1870.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXK6-2G9 : 22 August 2017), Sarrah E Hamilton in household of John C Hamilton, Township 3 South Range 6 West, St Clair, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 64, sheet 658D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,248.
4. ↑ Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Year: 1900; Census Place: Chester, Chester, South Carolina; Page: 18; Enumeration District: 0007; FHL microfilm: 1241522. Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Free Image Link
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5D2-LTT : accessed 20 June 2020), James K Henry, Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 22, sheet 11B, family 260, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1455; FHL microfilm 1,375,468.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K48P-QQS : 30 May 2020), James K Henry, Ward 3, Chester, Chester Township, Chester, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-7B, sheet 7A, line 19, family 124, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3798.
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 June 2020), memorial page for Sarah Ella Hamilton Henry (14 Mar 1862–29 Aug 1941), Find A Grave: Memorial #17686811, citing Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Nancy Ziemba Gleaton (contributor 47276959) .

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.