Born in North Weston, Oxfordshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Smith
and Ann (Brookes) Smith
Sister of
Mary Ann (Smith) Latham [half], Thomas Fisher Smith [half], Matilda Catherine Smith [half], Louisa Ann (Smith) Sadler, Joseph Smith Jr., Thomas Smith, Septimus Smith, John Smith, Edwin Giles Smith, Elizabeth (Smith) Mills, Martha (Smith) Ray, Susan Dinah (Smith) Carter, William Henry Smith, James Andrew Smith and Emma (Smith) LeNeve
Wife of
Nelson Grant Moore
— married
26 Jan 1848 in Vermilion County, Illinois
Wife of
Robert Griffin Thrasher
— married
1 Feb 1874 in Vermilion County, Illinois
Descendants 
Mother of
Joseph William Moore, Milton Moore, Giles A. Moore, Douglas T. Moore, Martha Jane (Moore) Watson, John Bartlet Moore, Mary Emma (Moore) Golay, Thomas Edward Moore, Raymond Moore and Nelson Grant Moore Jr.
Died
at age 80
in Vermilion, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Feb 2016
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Biography
Sarah M. Smith was born on 01 October 1830, North Weston, Oxfordshire, England, and she was baptized on 07 January 1831 at nearby Thame Church.
She was married on 26 January 1848, at the Methodist Episcopal Church (by Rev. Arthur Bradshaw), Vermilion County, Illinois, to Nelson Grant Moore. The widow Sarah appears in the 1865 Illinois State Census (Middlefork Twp., Vermilion Co., page 74). She appears in Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, in the 1870 Census (page 289B).
She married 2nd, on 01 February 1874, to Robert G. Thrasher. In the 1880 Census, the Thrashers appear in Ford County, Illinois (page 371A). They appear in the 1900 Census, and Robert died in September 1900. She appears as a widow "Sarah Thresher", living with her son John in the 1910 Census (Vermilion Co., Illinois). She died on 07 September 1911, Vermilion County, Illinois, and she was buried in Potomac Cemetery.
Source: Resrarch by Kenneth E. Kinman.
Sources
- Baptism records of Thame, Oxfordshire, England.
- Marriage records for Vermilion County, Illinois.
- 1850 Census, Vermilion County, Illinois: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=16664122
- Census records for Vermilion Co., Illinois (1860, 1865, 1870, 1900, 1910). 1860 census entry here: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenancestry&indiv=try&h=37451488
- 1880 Census record for Ford County, Illinois (page 371A).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Jeannie Atwood 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dandj6521
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~3.12%
Kenneth Kinman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T566328 [compare], FTDNA kit #380315
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Rejected matches › Sarah Ann Louise Moore (1828-) › Sarah (Moore) Porter (abt.1830-) › Sarah A Smith (1832-) › Sarah Ann Frances Smith (abt.1830-) › Sarah Smith (abt.1831-)
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