Sarah Ash (Sallie) was born in Indiana. Her father was Michael Ash and her mother was Sarah. Her mother's maiden name was Hass. Her parents came from Virginia and were farming in Indiana when she was born in 1850. By 1860, when she was 10, they were living in Iowa. Her recollection was that they moved to Iowa when she was 2 years old.
Sarah married Enoch Justus Yount in 1869 when she was 18 years old in Warren, Iowa. Her husband Enoch was ten years older, and aged 28, and had been a soldier in the Civil War. They had four daughters while living on their farm in Iowa. The 1870 Census shows her aged 20 with one child. By 1885 Sarah had three daughters. Their last daughter was born in 1888. In 1889 her husband filed for a Civil War pension, having served during that conflict (in the 8th Iowa Cavalry) and now being an invalid.
Income was supplemented by taking in boarders as they grew older. When her husband died in 1914, Sarah moved to Fresno to be near other family. She lived with her daughter Katharine and her grandson Dr Clive Leap.
On the occasion of her 92nd birthday she had an article written about her in The Times of San Mateo, California.
Sarah Yount died at the age of 93. She was survived by 3 of her four daughters, 18 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren.
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1850 US Census - Year: 1850; Census Place: Randolph, Tippecanoe, Indiana; Roll: M432_175; Page: 226A; Image: 455. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Name: Sarah Ash; Age: 0; Birth Year: abt 1850; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1850: Randolph, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA; Gender: Female; Family Number: 457
1860 US Census - Year: 1860; Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: M653_341; Page: 786; Family History Library Film: 803341. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Name: Sarah Ash; Age: 10; Birth Year: abt 1850; Gender: Female; Birth Place: Indiana; Home in 1860: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Post Office: Greenbush; Family Number: 831
Iowa, Select Marriages Index - year 1869 - Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Name: Sallie E. Ash; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 1851; Marriage Date: 17 Mar 1869; Marriage Place: Warren, Iowa; Marriage Age: 18; Spouse: Enoch J. Yount; FHL Film Number: 1011011; Reference ID: # 37, pg. 83
1870 US Census - Year: 1870; Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: M593_423; Page: 319A; Image: 270048; Family History Library Film: 545922. Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Name: Sarah Yount; Age in 1870: 20; Birth Year: abt 1850; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1870: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Race: White; Gender: Female; Post Office: Des Moines
Sarah Yount in entry for daughter: Iowa, Select Marriages Index - Ancestry.com. Iowa, Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Iowa, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Name: Sarah Ash; Gender: Female; Spouse: Enoch Yount; Child: Katharine Yount
1880 US Census - Year: 1880; Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: 368; Family History Film: 1254368; Page: 289D; Enumeration District: 228; Image: 0200. Source Information: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA. Name: Sarah E. Yount; Age: 30; Birth Year: abt 1850; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1880: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: E. J. Yount; Father's Birthplace: Virginia; Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
Iowa State Census, year 1885 - Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest. Name: Sarah E Yount; Age: 34; Birth Year: abt 1851; Birth Place: Indiana; Residence Date: 1885; Residence Place: Greenfield and Spring Hill, Warren, Iowa, USA; Gender: Female; Marital Status: Married
Iowa State Census, year 1895 - Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census, 1895 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003. Original data: Iowa. 1895 Iowa State Census. Des Moines, Iowa: State Historical Society of Iowa. Name: Sarah E. Yount; Age: 44; Race: White; Birthplace: Ind; Residence: Lincoln, Warren
1900 US Census - Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: 463; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0132; FHL microfilm: 1240463. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Name: Sarah E Yount; Age: 49; Birth Date: Jul 1856; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1900: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Enoch J Yount; Marriage Year: 1869; Years Married: 31
1910 US Census - Census Place: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Roll: T624_426; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0206; FHL microfilm: 1374439. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Name: Sarrah E Yount; Age in 1910: 59; Birth Year: abt 1851; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1910: Greenfield, Warren, Iowa; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Wife; Marital Status: Married; Spouse's Name: Enoch J Yount
US Civil War Pension Index - The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, ca. 1949 - ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 543. Name: Sarah E Yount; Gender: Female; Place Filed: Iowa and California; Relation to Head: Widow; Spouse: Enoch J Yount
Fresno, California, City Directory, 1915 - Ancestry.com. U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Name: Sarah E Yount; Gender: Female; Residence Year: 1915; Street address: 1435 I; Residence Place: Fresno, Fresno, California, USA; Spouse: E J Yount
1920 US Census - Census Place: Fresno, Fresno, California; Roll: T625_96; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 28; Image: 1117. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Name: Sarah Yount; Age: 69; Birth Year: abt 1851; Birthplace: Indiana; Home in 1920: Fresno, Fresno, California; Street: M Street; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Mother; Marital Status: Widowed
1930 US Census - Census Place: Fresno, Fresno, California; Roll: 116; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 0036; Image: 1115.0; FHL microfilm: 2339851. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Name: Sara E Yount; Birth Year: abt 1851; Gender: Female; Race: White; Birthplace: Indiana; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother; Home in 1930: Fresno, Fresno, California, Address: North Fulton Street
1940 US Census - Census Place: Fresno, California; Roll: T627_204; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10-93. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Name: Sarah Yount; Age: 89; Estimated birth year: abt 1851; Gender: Female; Race: White; Birthplace: Indiana; Marital Status: Widowed; Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law; Home in 1940: Fresno, California
92nd Anniversary, 1942 - The Times & Daily News Leader, Society section. Monday, July 6, 1942. Accessed 6 June 2017 via Newspapers.com
California Death Index, year 1944 - Date: 1944-04-10. Source Information: Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. Name: Sarah E Yount [Sarah E Ash] Gender: Female; Birth Date: 5 Jul 1850; Birth Place: Indiana; Death Date: 10 Apr 1944; Death Place: Fresno; Mother's Maiden Name: Haas; Father's Surname: Ash
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