Born in Jackson, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Washington Claar
and Mary (Mercer) Claar
Sister of
Joseph C. Claar, Robert Claar, Comfort (Claar) Gray, Samuel Claar, Nottingham Claar, George Washington Claar and Jacob Claar
Wife of
Hugh Gilliland Jr
— married
20 Aug 1846 (to about 1855) in Jackson, Ohio
Wife of
Daniel Spriggs
— married
about 30 Sep 1875 in Jackson, Ohio
Descendants 
Mother of
John I (Gililand) Gilliland
Died about
at about age 89
in Jackson, Ohio, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jan 2014
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1827. She is the daughter of George Claar and Polly Mercer.
She married 1) Hugh Gilliland on 20 Aug 1846 in Jackson County.[1] They must have divorced because Hugh took off to Kansas with Pollie Wyant. If Sarah had children with Hugh they would be: Mary , Melissa , John , and Philip , born between 1847 and 1854[2]
Sarah married 2) Daniel Spriggs, the son of Daniel and Sarah (Throckmorton) Spriggs and widower of Mariah "Mary" (Phipps) Gilliland, on 30 Sep 1875 at Jackson, Ohio.[3]
She passed away in 1917. Buried in Antioch Cemetery, Jackson County, Ohio. [4]
Sources
- ↑ Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
- ↑ United States Census, 1870
- ↑ Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 24 August 2020), memorial page for Sarah Ann Claar Gilliland Spriggs (1 Nov 1827–25 Oct 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #43992883, citing Antioch Cemetery, Jackson County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Dean and Peggy (contributor 46982022) .
See also:
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LHXG-47F
- United States Census, 1880
- Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
- "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X86R-3RQ : 15 August 2019), Sarah A. Claar in entry for John I Gilliland, 10 Jun 1913; citing Lick Township, Jackson, Ohio, reference fn 34788; FHL microfilm 1,953,650.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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~0.78%
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Teresa Downey
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Claar-135 and Claar-60 appear to represent the same person because: spouse in process of merge too
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Rejected matches › Sarah (Becket) Spriggs (1828-)
Sarah is 16 degrees from Maria Mitchell, 24 degrees from Carl Sagan, 20 degrees from Tycho Brahe, 30 degrees from Nicholaus Copernicus, 25 degrees from Eise Eisinga, 20 degrees from Caroline Lucretia Herschel, 24 degrees from Thomas Maclear, 16 degrees from Simon Newcomb, 17 degrees from Isaac Newton, 27 degrees from Pierre Henri Puiseux, 22 degrees from Beatrice Tinsley and 15 degrees from Edith Woodward on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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