Sarah Leigh (Alexander) Ehrlich (1898 - 1979)

Born 18 Jul 1898 in Tennessee, USA

Died 17 Jan 1979 at age 80 in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia,USA

Sarah (Alexander) Ehrlich is buried in Oak City Cemetery.

Biography

Sarah was born in 1898 in Tennessee. Her parents were mostly W A and Katherine Alexander form Davidson County, Tennessee.^[1] She married Mortimer Alfred Ehrlich 1920 in Davidson County, Tennessee.^[2]

They raised a family in Bainbridge, Georgia. In 1930, they were living with Mortimer's elderly parents and his brother, Sigo, with whom he had a medical practice.^[3]

By 1940, the couple had their own home in Bainbridge.

When she passed away in 1979^[4][5], she was buried in the Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia.^[6] She shares a grave marker with her husband. which is inscribed: Life to thee was a battle in which thou didst display a high type of courage.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNGX-SX7 : accessed 5 May 2016), Sarah Alexander in household of W A Alexander, Nashville Ward 7, Davidson, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 11A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,734.
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8YC-CZL : accessed 5 May 2016), Mortimer Alfred Ehrlich and Sara Leigh Alexander, 26 Apr 1920; citing Davidson, Tenn., reference Page 167; FHL microfilm 200,327.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3312-8ZM : accessed 5 May 2016), Sara L Ehrlich in entry for Sarah Ehrlich, 1930.
4. ↑ "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V495-1GN : accessed 5 May 2016), Sara A Ehrlich, 17 Jan 1979; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Decatur, Georgia, certificate number 001678, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
5. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2FR-X2Q : accessed 5 May 2016), Sarah Ehrlick, Jan 1979; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLF-4ZPX : accessed 5 May 2016), Sara Leigh Ehrlich, 1979; Burial, Bainbridge, Decatur, Georgia, United States of America, Oak City Cemetery; citing record ID 99514816, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ Information recorded by Carolyn Martin from Grave site, Oak City Cemetery, Bainbridge, Georgia