Sarah Mabel (Seavey) McKenney (1880 - 1965)

Born Aug 1880 in Crawford, Washington, Maine, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Bradford Pratt McKenney — married 28 Jun 1911 in Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States

Died 11 Apr 1965 at age 84 in Hartland, Somerset, Maine, United States

Biography

Sarah Mabel "Sadie" Seavey was born at Crawford, Maine, 1 Aug 1880, the daughter of Luther Gilbert Seavey and Sarah B. Hathaway; ^{[1] [2]} died at Hartland, Maine, Sunday, 11 Apr 1965, and is buried in the Morse's Corner Cemetery, Corinna, Maine. ^{[3] [4]}

She married at Weston, Maine, 28 Jun 1911, Bradford Pratt McKenney. ^[5]

Lived at Corinna, Maine. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Obituary: ^[9]

SADIE M. McKENNEY

CORINNA — Sadie Mabel McKenney, 84, died Sunday at a Hartland nursing home.

She was born at Crawford, August 1, 1880, daughter of Luther and Sarah (Hathaway) Seavey.

She was educated in schools of Waite. She was married to B. Pratt McKenney in 1910 [sic]. They settled in Weston. In 1914, they moved to Carroll, coming to Corinna in 1917. She was a member of the Morse's Corner Church and taught Sunday school there for many years, She was a member of the Morse's Corner Circle and a former member of Carroll Grange.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Rae Whitney of Newport, Mrs. Olive Thrasher of Cape Elizabeth, Mrs. Ruby Badger of Auburn; a son, Richard of Dexter; three step-daughters, Mrs. Edna Lindsay and Mrs. Beulah Thurston of California, Miss Agnes McKenney of Corinna; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be hell Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Morse's Comer Church, the Rev. Alice T. Hart officiating.

Burial will be in the family lot in Morse's Comer Cemetery.

Friends may call at the Farnham Funeral Home, Newport, Monday afternoon and evening.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMG3-H78 : accessed 15 June 2022), Sarah M Seavey in household of Luther Seavey, Codyville & Kossuth plantations, Dyer township, Talmage & Topsfield & Waite towns & T.1/R.1, T, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 201, sheet 4A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,601.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MR3K-BH6 : accessed 15 June 2022), Sadie Seavey in household of William B Seavey, Waite, Washington, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 280, sheet 5A, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 547; FHL microfilm 1,374,560.
3. ↑ "Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJP-TJF3 : 1 March 2021), Sadie M Mckenney, 1965; citing Corinna, Penobscot, Maine, United States, Morse Cemetery, Maine State Library, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,316,348.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 June 2022), memorial page for Sadie M. Seavey McKenney (1880–1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #70189201, citing Morses Corner Cemetery, Corinna, Penobscot County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by PMSmith (contributor 47464565).
5. ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24N-JWVF : 2 March 2021), Bradford P Mckinney and Sadie M Seavey, 28 Jun 1911; citing Weston, Aroostook, Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZR-YVV : 1 February 2021), Sarah M McKenney in entry for B Pratt McKenney, 1920.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMD7-PR1 : accessed 15 June 2022), Sadie M Mckenney in household of Pratt B Mckenney, Corinna, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 34, sheet 12B, line 82, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 837; FHL microfilm 2,340,572.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-5PR4?cc=2000219&wc=QZFM-6YJ%3A790102801%2C793330701%2C793532901%2C793532902 : accessed 15 June 2022), Maine > Penobscot > Corinna Town > 10-47 Corinna Town E of Stetson Stream (East Branch of Sebasticook River), Corinna (part) > image 17 of 24; citing 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.
9. ↑ Bangor Daily News, Monday, April 12, 1965, p. 26. Cit. Date: 15 Jun 2022.