Sarah (Wood) Earhart (1778 - 1859)

Born 20 May 1778 in New Jersey, United States

Wife of John Earhart — married 20 Sep 1801 in Clermont, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Nov 1859 at age 81 in Graham Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1778. She was the daughter of George Earhart and Catharina Unknown. She passed away in 1859.

Sarah was a native of New Jersey, born there on May 20, 1778. She must have moved to Ohio with her parents, because she married John Earhart in Clermont County, Ohio on September 20, 1801. The marriage record lists her as "Sally" Wood. They settled in Williamsburg, in Clermont County, before 1824. They moved to Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1826, and from Newtown to McCellands Mills in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1837. Sarah and John were parents to at least eight children.

Sarah died on November 30, 1859, at the age of 81. She is buried in the Pisgah Cemetery, Graham Township, Jefferson County. Her headstone is leaning against a wall in the oldest part of the cemetery.

Sarah was a native of New Jersey, born there on May 20, 1778. She must have moved to Ohio with her parents, because she married John Earhart in Clermont County, Ohio on September 20, 1801. The marriage record lists her as “Sally” Wood. They settled in Williamsburg, in Clermont County, around 1824. They moved to Newtown, Hamilton County, Ohio, in 1826, and from Newtown to McCellands Mills in Jefferson County, Indiana, in 1837. Sarah and John were parents to at least eight children.

John was a carpenter and farmer. Sarah died on November 30, 1859, at the age of 81. Sarah is buried in the Pisgah Cemetery, Graham Township, Jefferson County. Her headstone reads, “Earhart, Sarah Wood, May 20, 1778-Nov. 30, 1859”. Sarah’s headstone has been found in the Pisgah Cemetery, leaning against a wall in the oldest part of the graveyard.

Sources

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34726908/sarah-earhart
• Information for this biography from the Jefferson County website; “Biographical & Historical Souvenir, for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott & Washington, Indiana”. published by John M. Gresham & Co., Chicago, 1889 and The History of Brown County, Ohio, published 1883 by W. H. Beers & Co. (Brown formed from Clermont in 1818); Evert's 1880 history of Clermont County on p. 54

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD59-HQ2 : 10 December 2017), John Earheart and Sally Wood, 20 Sep 1801; citing Clermont, Ohio, United States, reference v 1 p 1; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 327,559.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ2-7S4 : 12 April 2016), Sarah Everhart in household of John Everhart, Smyrna, Jefferson, Indiana, United States; citing family 113, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 October 2018), memorial page for Sarah Wood Earhart (20 May 1778–30 Nov 1859), Find A Grave: Memorial #34726908, citing Pisgah Methodist Church Cemetery, Deputy, Jefferson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Ken Smith (contributor 46985536) .