Her mother passed away before 1846. Her father remarried that year to Judith Archer.
In 1850, she was not in her father's household. She may have been the Catherine Hardin who was living in the household of James Hardin in Clay and Richland, Illinois. James may have been her uncle.[1] Another member of the household, James Wilson's brother Samuel Wilson, eventually married Sarah Catherine's half-sister Mahala Hardin.
She married Joseph J. Rutherford on 15 Jun 1859 in Washington county, Indiana.[2] He was the widower of her half-sister Zionia Mildaraine (Hardin) Rutherford. Sarah and Joseph had several children.
In 1860, she was living with her husband and step-children in Washington county, Indiana.[3] In 1870, they were still in Madison township. The household included her children with Joseph.[4]
She passed away in 1871 and was buried in Posey township cemetery in Fredericksburg, Washington, Indiana. [5]
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↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85K-XC7 : 9 November 2014), Catharine Harden in household of James Wilson, Clay county, Clay, Illinois, United States; citing family 100, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27V4-1RN : 21 January 2016), Joseph Rutherford and Sarah C Hardin, 15 Jun 1859; citing Washington, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,306,389.
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX6K-VGW : 17 October 2014), Sarah M Rutherford in household of Joseph Rutherford, Indiana, United States; citing p. 12, family 83, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,868.
↑ www.findagrave.com, Click here for Memorial page for Sarah Catherine (Hardin) Rutherford, Accessed 12 Feb 2017, Memorial # 64792851, tombstone photo on site (poorly legible in photo) shows death date and age at death.
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