Sarah A Benson (abt. 1844 - 1926)

Born about 1844 in Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Died 20 Mar 1926 at about age 82 in Kelso, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States

Biography

Sarah was born about 1844 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. She is the daughter of William Benson and Emeranda Holloway. She passed away in March 1926 in Kelso, Lincoln County, Tennessee^[1] and is buried in Campbell Cemetery, Howell Hill, Lincoln County.^[2]

There is a discrepancy between the birth year of 1836 on the Find A Grave Memorial and the census records for 1850-1870; they all give a birth year of 1843/44. There is also an error for the year of death. Sarah's death certificate shows death in 1926, memorial has 1916. A correction has been submitted to Find A Grave. Shirley Dalton 18:34, 1 February 2020 (UTC)

Sarah and son Horace are living in Lincoln County, Tennessee on the 1880 census with her sister Mary E (Benson) Echols.^[3]

So far she has not been located on census records for 1900-1920.

Marriage

Sarah Benson married David A McCulloch on 25 June 1879 in Lincoln County, Tennessee.^[4] Marriage license issued 24 June 1879, Lincoln County.^[5] Of the three Sarah Bensons married in the 1870s in Lincoln County, Tennessee, this appears to be the Sarah profiled here, daughter of William Benson and Emeranda Holloway.

Sarah and David had one son Horace McCulloch born in 1879. And they apparently separated shortly thereafter. On the 1880 census Sarah MuCulluck and son Horace are living with her brother-in-law and sister Reuben and Mary E (Benson) Echols in Lincoln County, Tennessee. ^[6] Husband David McCullock is living some distance away in the household of Nancy Martin and working as a farm laborer.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #100306014
3. ↑ 1880 census
4. ↑ "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNDT-4FF : 4 December 2014), D A Mccullich and Sarah Benson, 25 Jun 1879; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 126, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
5. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-XY1R : 26 September 2017), D A McCullick and Sarah Benson, 24 Jun 1879; citing Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,138,681.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD75-3J9 : 15 July 2017), Sarah Mc Culluck in household of Ruben Echols, District 23, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 270D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,268.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7P-B65 : 15 July 2017), David Mc Cullock in household of Nancy Martin, District 23, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 131, sheet 263A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,268.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDL-T35 : 12 April 2016), Sarah Benson in household of William Benson, Lincoln county, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States; citing family 712, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8YM-BN7 : 12 December 2017), Sarah Benson in entry for William Benson, 1860; 23rd Civil District, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States citing Household 1222, page 168; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) M653_1261; FHL Film #805261.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD6-C2V : 14 June 2019), Sarah Benson in entry for Will Benson, 1870; District 23, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States citing Household 88, page 12; U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) M593; FHL Film #553043.

• "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS23-KYJ : 26 August 2019), Sarah Benson, 20 Mar 1926; Death, Kelso, Lincoln, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 February 2020), memorial page for Sarah Benson (1836–20 Mar 1916), Find A Grave Memorial no. 100306014, citing Campbell Cemetery, Howell Hill, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Michael Pitcock (contributor 47897217) .