Sarah Catherine (Hooker) Beard (1871 - 1952)

Born 30 Aug 1871 in Carroll Co., Indiana

Ancestors

Daughter of George (Hockerts) Hooker and Elizabeth (Hufford) Hooker

Descendants

Died 22 Feb 1952 at age 80 in Ft. Wayne, Indiana

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Biography

She was born in the corn belt of Indiana to a German Baptist Brethren mother and a Catholic father. She was the oldest of nine children.

Like most girls in that time and place, her formal schooling ended when she completed 8th grade. When she was 19, she married a 23-year-old man who had grown up in the same small community. At 20, she birthed her first of four children.

Until the last years of her life, she lived in Owasco, Indiana. She was a gracious and kind farmer's wife who lived out her life in a community of extended family. In the final years of her life, she lived in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with her daughter Edith, her son-in-law Ed, and her young grandson John. Beard-619 14:24, 29 November 2014 (EST)

Sources

• 1880 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• Indiana marriage records
• 1900 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• 1910 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• 1920 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• 1930 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• 1940 U.S. Census; Carroll Co., Indiana.
• Obituary; Fort Wayne Journal Gazette; February 24, 1952; page 8S.
• Grave stone (photo at findagrave.com).
• 1909 HUFFORD FAMILY HISTORY; page 81.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

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