Sabilla C. (Daubenspeck) Bryant (abt. 1851 - 1919)

Born about 1851 in Butler County, PA

Ancestors

Wife of William J. Bryant — married 21 Jun 1870 in Putnam, West Virginia, United States

Died 5 Oct 1919 at about age 68 in Milton, Cabell, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Married William J. Bryant (b.c. 1834) 21 June 1870 in Putnam County, WV.^[1] Sabilla was a young 19 years old to William's 35. She had come to Putnam County just after the civil war, and was the oldest of the children of Sarah Young and Jacob Daubenspeck.

Sabilla later married Solomon Reed. She died in Milton in 5 Oct 1919 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston, WV.^[2][3] Scant little information on her COD, except that she was 68 years old, a housekeeper, and born in Pennsylvania. Lonnie/Johnnie/Sonnie, etc. (?) Kirby is the informant and L. C. Morrison the attending physician. Simpson was the undertaker. Sabilla died of stomach cancer.

Although we don't currently know who Kirby is, there is a Kirby Road off of US Rt. 64 in Milton.

[Most genealogists give her birth as 1850, but I believe it to be 1851. This belief is based on two things: the 1850 and 1860 US CENSUS data for Sabilla and her family. Please see the RESEARCH for Sarah Ann (Young) Daubenspeck for further analysis. - GSM]

Census

Savila (sic) Daubenspeck, age 9, is in the 1860 U. S. Census with her parents and siblings, Concord Township, Butler, PA, family 755.^[4] Household:

Jacob Daubenspeck, age 31, farmer, personal wealth was $566, no real estate value listed - assumed to be none - born in PA.

Sarah, age 28, born in PA

Savila, age 9, born in PA, attending school

William, age 7, born in PA, attending school

Eliza Jane, age 4, born in PA

Soloman, age 7, born in PA

John, age 14, born in PA, attending school.

• Note: John is not a son of either Jacob or Sarah. He's far too old, and he doesn't appear as a child of theirs in any other known records. Odds are that he's Jacob's younger brother or nephew, although that's just conjector. He's not hired in to work the farm, for he going to school.
• Note: William Wick is also in this district, and John Wick, as are several McClungs.

Burial

Sabilla is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia, in the Bryant family section. Lot 3. Her grave is unmarked, but there is a small, grass covered stone which might possibly mark her resting spot. She can be found by going to the record-keeper at Spring Hill. Have them look under Sabilla Reed, Sabilla Bryant, and Mrs. William Bryant.

Sources

1. ↑ Certificate of marriage for Wm. J. Bryant and Sabilla C. Daubenspec (sic), Putnam County, WV, 21 June 1870. ://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11476665&Type=Marriage
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/121601389/sabilla-c-bryant_reed : accessed 22 July 2021), memorial page for Sabilla C Daubenspeck Bryant Reed (Apr 1850–5 Oct 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 121601389, citing Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by CAParrish (contributor 47603142) .
3. ↑ West Virginia State Dept. of Health, Div. of Vital Stats., COD, Register No. 650., Milton, WV., for Sybilla Reed. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1556816&Type=Death
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBS8-9XP?cc=1473181&wc=7QTM-999%3A1589434177%2C1589422511%2C1589422939 : 24 March 2017), Pennsylvania > Butler > Concord Township > image 6 of 22; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).