Sarah (Remley) Whitmire (1827 - abt. 1886)

Born 28 Oct 1827 in Briar Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alem Whitmire — married about 1848 in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States

Descendants

Died about 1886 at about age 58 in Centre Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Baptized at St. Peter's Church on 27 Apr 1828, Elizabeth Sitler serving as sponsor.

Granddaughter of Michael and Susannah Remley, who arrived in the 1790s to the area of Knob Mountain between Orangeville and Berwick in Briar Creek Township.

Met and married Alem Whitmire of Orangeville by 1848. Eleven children are known to have been born to this union, all of whom appear to have survived to adulthood and married. The family is counted in the census returns of Orange Township (likely an error) in 1850 and Centre Township in 1860 (though barely legible), 1870, and 1880.

An 1876-printed atlas map of Centre Township places Alem Whitmire's residence on the east side of present-day Cabin Run Road between PA 93 and Eckroth Road, approximately here, about two miles east of Orangeville and six miles west of Berwick.

The 1880 Census remarks that Sarah had "palsy", an archaic term used to describe a multitude of paralyzing diseases. Sarah was still living by 17 Sep 1884 when her and Alem granted land in Centre Township to a David B. Whitmire.^[1]

The location of Alem and Sarah's burial is uncertain. They were probably buried unmarked at New Ebenezer Cemetery, only a ⅓ of a mile north of their residence on the north side of PA 93, marked here.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4V-LG3V

• Baptism, page 97: https://ia802800.us.archive.org/15/items/briarcreekchurch00bria/briarcreekchurch00bria.pdf
• 1830 United States census (italicized names are presumed). Briar Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania. Headed by "Henry Remley". Counting one male 0–4, one male 20–29 (Henry), two females 0–4 (Sarah and Susanna), and one female 20–29 (Hannah). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB3-9Q6N
• U.S. census, 1850. Orange Township, Columbia County, PA. Taken on Aug. 26, 1850 with a reference date of Jun. 1, 1850. Dwelling 3 and family 3, lines 13–8. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZPS-45Z
• 1860 United States census; P.O. Fowlersville, Centre Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; taken 6 July 1860 with a reference day of 1 June; page 32, dwelling 514 and family 514, lines 2–11:
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• 1870 United States census; P.O. Fowlersville, Centre Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; taken 29 July 1870 with a reference day of 1 June; page 30, dwelling 221 and family 221, lines 17–26:
       https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DT6Q-PM7
• U.S. census, 1880. Centre Township (E.D. 170), Columbia County, PA. Taken on Jun. 19, 1880 with a reference date of Jun. 1, 1880. Page 17, dwelling 159 and family 164, lines 14–21. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBG-DFZ

DNA Sources

• Maternal relationship confirmed with AncestryDNA test match between Matthew Dryden and S. S., third cousins; predicted relationship reported by AncestryDNA: Third cousins, based on sharing 107 cM across 4 DNA segments; confidence: “Extremely high“.