Born in Orange Township, Knox, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Robert Taylor Maxey
and Lydia (Foster) Maxey
Sister of
Richard Anderson Maxey [half], America Ann Elizabeth (Maxey) Allen [half], Robert Maxey [half], Thomas Jefferson Maxey [half], Clayborne Maxey [half], Charles Earl Maxey, George Taylor Maxey and Mary Belle (Maxey) Stickell
Wife of
James Thomas (Forester) Forster
— married
5 Feb 1880 (to about 1899) in Knox, Illinois, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Muriel Belle (Forster) Underwood
Died
at age 84
in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 3 May 2019
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1856.
- 1860- lived in Orange Township, Illinois
- 1870-lived in Illinois
- 1880 marries James Forster
- 1880- Muriel was born
- 1900- lived in poor farm with Muriel
- 1903- married Albert Finney
- 1910 lived in Le Roy, Kansas
- She passed away in 1941.
Sources
- 1900 US Census-Kansas-Shawnee, Topeka Ward 3-Huntoon Street-house # 521-sheet # 17-Institution: Ingleside From Lime 1-13-dwelling # 363-family # 373: Sarah M Forester, age 43, DOB-Apr 1857, POB Illinois, race:white, relation to head of house: Inmate, daughter Muriel Forester- age 19- also listed as inmate. Ingleside is a poor farm in Topeja, Kansas. Her husband James T Forester must be dead for she declares herself a widow.
- Illinois Knox Co., marriage records-film # 001412048: Sarah E Maxey female- age 23; born 1857; marriage date: 5 Feb 1880; father: R T Maxey; mother: Lydia Foster; spouse James Forester
- "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHH-7ZZ : 13 December 2017), Sarah E Maxy in entry for R T Maxy, 1860.
- 1870 US Fed Census-Illinois-Knox-Orange-dwelling # 156-family: Maxey: Sarah E Maxey, age in 1870-14 yo, DOB: 1856; POB: Illinois; father: Robert T Maxey; mother: Lydia Maxey; 2 brothers and a sister
- "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9L-RP87 : 15 October 2017), James Foster and Sarah E Maxey, 31 Jan 1880; citing Knox, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,412,049.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2HB-5R3 : accessed 15 October 2019), Sarah M Finley in household of Albert D Finley, Le Roy, Coffey, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 3A, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 435; FHL microfilm 1,374,448.
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