Born [location unknown]
Daughter of Valentine Betz
and Mary Ann (Ziegenfuss) Betz
Sister of
Hannah (Betts) Binning and Henry Betz
Wife of
Henry Dewald
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Charles Dewald, Julia Anne (Dewald) Goeller, Mary Martha (Dewald) Bentley, Milton Dewald, Edmond Dewald and Valentine Dewald
Died
at age 69
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Nov 2017
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Biography
Inscription on headstone: Mother aged 69y
Burial:
Fairbank Cemetery
Fairbank, Buchanan County, Iowa, USA
Christening was Aug 12 1821 at KLINGERS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN AND REFORMED CHURCH, UPPER PAXTON TWP, DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Sources
- "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2VW-L68 : 9 December 2014), Sara Betz, 12 Aug 1821; Christening, citing KLINGERS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN AND REFORMED CHURCH,UPPER PAXTON TWP,DAUPHIN,PENNSYLVANIA; FHL microfilm 496,549.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKT-6PQ : 9 September 2017), Sarah Dewald in household of Henry Dewald, Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 428A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0329; FHL microfilm 1,254,329.
- "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ62-T2C : 18 October 2017), Sarah Betts in entry for Henry Shomer and Margaret Dewald Hilbert, 22 Sep 1902, Fairbank, Buchanan, Iowa, United States; citing reference cn 11-627, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,531,417.
- Find A Grave: Memorial #46997992
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Kurt Driver
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Betz-649 and Betts-1608 appear to represent the same person because: same person, discovered while creating a profile for her husband.
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