Sarah Abigail (Vale) Scarritt (1834 - 1915)

Born 23 Aug 1834 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Wife of Charles Ward Scarritt — married 15 Aug 1866 in Cornwall, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Died 25 May 1915 at age 80 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

' Born 23 AUG 1834. Cornwall, Connecticut. ^[1][2][3][4]

Died 25 MAY 1915. Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. ^[5][6][7][8]

Notes

She apparently had a son William Johnson b. abt 1862 from her first marriage who was living with them in 1870.

The Vail Genealogy, p. 169-70, says she "m. 1st, 29 Oct 1860, William Wallace Johnson, b. in Cornwall, CT, 12 July 1839; enlisted as corporal in 2d Connecticut Heavy Artillery, 18 Sept 1862; d. 30 Jan 1863. She m. 2d, 15 Aug 1866, Charles Ward Scarritt, b. in Wallingford, CT, 21 Aug 1837, son of Marcus Cook and Sarah Abigail Scarritt. He enlisted in Sept 1862, in the 2d Connecticut Light Battery. Children: (1) William Gilbert Johnson, b. 26 July 1861; (2) Bessie May Scarritt, b. in Bridgeport, CT, 5 Jan 1868."

There is a baptism in Cornwall Cong Ch Rec 3:345 for a Sarah Maria Vail, child of ____ , "on his wife's account, a member of the church in Tolland, Ms", dated 3 July 1835, which may be her.

Buried Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, Connecticut. ^[9]

Marriage Husband Charles Ward Scarritt. Wife Sarah Abigail Vale. 15 AUG 1866. Cornwall, Connecticut. ^[10][11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S5 "1834 - 1915"
2. ↑ Source: #S12 1900 census gives month and year
3. ↑ Source: #S3 death record gives full birth date and place
4. ↑ Source: #S75 p. 169
5. ↑ Source: #S5 "1834 - 1915"
6. ↑ Source: #S3 State of CT VR D57/2431: died at 1216 Iranistan Ave in Bridgeport aged 80y 9m 2d, married to Charles W. Scarritt, b. Aug 23, 1834 in Cornwall, father = Philander Vale and mother = Urena M. Johnson both born Cornwall, CT, informant = husband, cause = carcinoma of stomach 12 yrs, buried Lakeview Cemetery Bridgeport
7. ↑ Source: #S7 obituary - Rome (NY) Daily Sentinel, Wed. Evening, May 26, 1915, p. 10: A telegram was received here yesterday announcing the death of Mrs. Charles W. Scarritt, which occurred at her home in Bridgeport, Conn., during the previous night. Mrs. Scarritt was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philander Vail, and one of 12 children. She was a sister of Mrs. H. H. Chapman and Mrs. Harriett Hall of this village [Camden]. She had been ill for some time, and her death was expected. She is survived by her husband, a son and daughter, and a stepdaughter. She also leaves two other sisters, and one brother in Connecticut.
8. ↑ Source: #S7 obituary - Bridgeport Evening Farmer, May 25, 1915, p. 2: Sarah A. Scarritt - Death came this morning to Sarah A., wife of Charles Scarritt at the home of her daughter, 1216 Iranistan avenue. Mrs. Scarritt was 80 years of age. She had resided in this city for the past 48 years, having spent most of that time on the East Side of the city. She was a prominent member of the Second Baptist church, and had a great number of friends in this city who will be grieved to learn of her death. Surviving her are her husband, a daughter, Mrs. G. H. Noble, and a son, William G. Johnson of New Haven.
9. ↑ Source: #S5 Hale book
10. ↑ Source: #S7 marriage notice in the Litchfield County Post & Enquirer of 23 Aug 1866 says he was of Bridgeport and she was of Cornwall, married Aug 15 in Cornwall; Bridgeport Daily says date was 24 Aug but that was after the first paper published
11. ↑ Source: #S1 Cornwall VR vol 4, no page numbers: he is 29 laborer, b. Wallingford, residing Bridgeport, his first marriage; she is called Sarah A. Johnson, 31, b. and resides Cornwall, her 2nd marriage
12. ↑ Source: #S75 p. 170

• Source: S12 census record
• Source: S3 death certificate or record
• Source: S5 tombstone inscription
• Source: S7 newspaper
• Source: S75 , Genealogy of Some of the Vail Family Descended From Jeremiah Vail at Salem, Mass., 1639 (New York:, 1902)
• Source: S1 marriage record