Sarah Elizabeth (Driskell) Plank (1834 - 1909)

Born 11 May 1834 in Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John P. McWhorter — married 26 Dec 1850 in Ozark County, Missouri

Wife of William J Plank — married 27 Apr 1867 in Phelps, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Jun 1909 at age 75 in Norman Township, Dent, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Sarah Elizabeth Driskell McWhorter Plank was the daughter of Elijah Driskell and Ann Springate. ^[1]

She married John P. McWhorter on December 26, 1850. ^[1] He died December 23, 1861 in the Post Hospital in Rolla Missouri, during the Civil War. They had five children, four of whom were living on May 9, 1864. They were: William Henry, Elijah E., Nancy J., and Levi M. ^[1]

On April 27, 1867 she married William J. Plank in Phelps County, Missouri.

Name: William J. Plank

Spouse's Name: Sarah E. McWhorter

Event Date: 27 Apr 1867

Event Place: Phelps,Missouri^[2]

Officiant: Justice of the Peace John Grant ^[3]

When applying for payment of pension arrears on August 9, 1869 she listed she was 47 years of age which would make her birth year 1822. ^[4] so was born around 1822.

Sarah passed away on June 28, 1909 in Norman Township, Dent County, Missouri. She was laid to rest in Morrison Cemetery, ^[5]

Census Records

1870 Meramec Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States

Name: Wm J Plank

Census Year: 1870

Event Place: Maramec Township, Phelps County, Missouri, United States

Race: White

William is the only family member who can read or write. William and Sarah were married in 1867. John and Benedict are the children of his previous wife.

Family members included:

• Wm J Plank, M, age 37, born in Virginia
• Sarah E Plank, F, age 33, born in Indiana
• John R Plank, M, age 15 [b. 1855], born in Missouri
• Benedict B Plank, M, age 13 [b. 1858], born in Missouri
• Hiram E Plank, M, age 2 [b. 1868], born in Missouri^[6]

The next three children are enumerated in a separate household from William and Sarah’s. Sarah McWhorter Plank’s Civil War Widow’s Pension record shows that Nancy J. and Levi M. McWhorter are two of her children with John P.McWhorter. At age 13, Nancy seems too young to be head of a household. Was this an enumerator’s mistake, or did they live in a separate house?

• Nancy J. McWhorter, F, age 13, born in Missouri
• Levi M McWhorter, M, age 10, born in Missouri
• Amanda McWhorter, F, age 6, born in Missouri^[6]

Amanda McWhorter, born three years after John’s death, is not his daughter. If he had been, her name would be on the pension claims. Amanda’s death certificate says her father was Henry McWhorter. Henry appears on few of the usual databases. A Henry McWhorter did live in Phelps county in 1871, when he married Nancy Shuemate, but he is Amanda's half-brother.^[7]

1880 Watkins, Dent, Missouri, United States

Head of household: William Plank

Census Year: 1880

Event Place: Watkins, Dent, Missouri, United States

Race: White

Occupation: Farmer

Family members were:

• William Plank, Self, age 56, born in Tennessee, father and mother born in Virginia
• Sarah Plank, Wife, age 47, born in Indiana, father and mother born in Indiana
• Hiram Plank, Son, age 12, born in Missouri
• Mandy Mcwhorter, Stepdaughter, age 16, born in Missouri, father born in Tennessee [?]
• George Plank, Son, age 8, born in Missouri^[8]

Research Notes

Geneanet Family Tree: Aldo by Aldo Jose' Romo Thurm has more information on this family [2] . ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Testimony of Elijah Driskell, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans ca 1861 ca 1910, May 9, 1864 . Accessed via Fold3 Nov 2015.
2. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V281-K9R : accessed 6 November 2015), William J. Plank and Sarah E. Mcwhorter, 27 Apr 1867; citing Phelps,Missouri; FHL microfilm 914,752. Indexing Project (Batch) Number M51559-2, System Origin Missouri-ODM.
3. ↑ Certificate of marriage, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans ca 1861 ca 1910, document date Apr 27, 1867. Accessed via Fold3 Nov 2015.
4. ↑ Declaration for Arrears of Pensions, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans ca 1861 ca 1910, document date Aug 9, 1869. Accessed via Fold3 Nov 2015.
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2019), memorial page for Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Driscoll Plank (11 May 1834–28 Jun 1909), Find A Grave: Memorial #32680848, citing Morrison Cemetery, Salem, Dent County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by sharon (contributor 46780450) .
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XM-HTY : 12 June 2019), Sarah E Plank in entry for Wm J Plank, 1870.
7. ↑ "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V281-KXF : accessed 1 November 2015), Henry Mcwhorter and Martha Jane Shuemate, 07 Sep 1871; citing Phelps,Missouri; FHL microfilm 914,752.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M661-K4H : 7 September 2017), Sarah Plank in household of William Plank, Watkins, Dent, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 66, sheet 454D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,685.
9. ↑ “Généalogie De Hiram Elisha PLANK.” Geneanet, [1].

see also:

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M383-1LR : accessed 28 October 2019), Sarah E Plank in household of James Mcwhorter, Meramec Township, Phelps, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 9A, family 143, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,881.