Sarah Ann (Atwell) Leftwich (1877 - 1915)

Born 23 Jul 1877 in Rich Valley, Smyth, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Alexander Lee Leftwich — married 23 Jul 1892 in Smyth, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1915 at age 38 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Sarah Ann (Atwell) Leftwich was born in Appalachia, in Virginia.

Native Virginian

The Life Summary of Sarah Ann (Whitt) Leftwich:

When Sarah Ann Atwell was born on 23 July 1877, in Rich Valley, Smyth, Virginia, United States, her father, William R Atwell, was 17 and her mother, Isabella Whitt, was 20.

In 1880, Sarah was a year old with a newborn brother living with her parents in Rich Valley District, Smyth, Virginia, United States.^[1]

She married Alexander Lee Leftwich on 23 July 1892, in Smyth, Virginia, United States.

They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters.^[2]

In 1900 & 1910, the family was living in Rocky Gap, Bland, Virginia, United States.^{[3] [4]}

She died on 7 December 1915, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 38 of nephritis,^[5] and was buried in Coburn-Wilson Family Cemetery, Round Bottom, Bland, Virginia, United States.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCRW-YXJ : 20 February 2021), Sarah A Atwell in household of William Atwell, Rich Valley, Smyth, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 83, sheet 62A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,390.
2. ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LJLV-T94/sarah-ann-atwell-1877-1915
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFJ-5GJ : accessed 21 October 2021), Sarah A Leftwich in household of Alexander Leftwich, Rocky Gap District, Bland, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2, sheet 3B, family 44, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,701.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGJ-KJ2 : accessed 21 October 2021), Sarah A Leftwich in household of Elax L Leftwich, Rocky Gap, Bland, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 14A, family 247, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1621; FHL microfilm 1,375,634.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRQ-TWZK : 16 August 2019), Sarah Ann Leftwich, 07 Dec 1915; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Roanoke, Roanoke, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205077055/sarah-ann-leftwich