Sarah Jane (French) Clifton (1799-abt.1865)

Sarah Jane (Sallie) Clifton formerly French

Born 12 Feb 1799 in Adair, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of John Elson French and Dolly (Spencer) French

Sister of Mildred (French) Murphy, Littleberry French, John Elson French II, Daniel French, Martha (French) Spencer and Elizabeth (French) Davenport

Wife of Josiah Clifton — married 1819 (to 1865) in Adair, Kentucky

Descendants

Mother of Dinah (Clifton) Scott, Francis Marion Clifton, Sophia Clifton and Sarah Jane (Clifton) Foley

Died about 1865 at about age 65 in Texas, United States

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Residence
- 1.2 Children
2 Sources

Biography

Sarah Jane French was born Feb. 12, 1799, a daughter of John French and Dolly Spencer ^[1] ^[2]

Residence

1950 Lee, Iowa ^[3]

Children

Mentioned in Marriage licence 20 Nov 1891, Keya Paha County, NE, Francis M. Clifton age 66 and Lydia M. Hartlet age 63 ^[4]

Sarah Jane (French) Clifton passed away about 1865. Her final resting place is unknown: Find A Grave: Memorial #111246140

Sources

↑ Fold 3 Records for John French
↑ Ancestry Profile for John Elson French, Rev PA DE MD VA
↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4X-LGK : 12 April 2016), Sally Clifton in household of Josiah Clifton, Lee county, part of, Lee, Iowa, United States; citing family 968, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ Library and Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society; Lincoln, Nebraska, Nebraska, Marriage Records. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2017

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sallie 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 Sallie: