Sarah A. (Faubion) Yett (1823 - 1877)

Born 6 Feb 1823 in Parrottsville, Cocke, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Parents: William Faubion (1783 - 1839) Rosannah Parthena Ayers Faubion (1785 - 1847)

Spouse: Hamilton Yett (1817 - 1905)

Children: William Yett (1840 - 1866)* Alexander Chapman Yett (1845 - 1920)* Cora Lee Yett Chunn (1851 - 1939)* Ida Mae Yett Heinatz (1860 - 1929)*

Siblings: John Faubion (1812 - 1901)* Henry Faubion (1815 - 1892)* Mathias Wall Faubion (1818 - 1910)* William M Faubion (1820 - 1902)* Sarah A. Faubion Yett (1823 - 1877) Tilghman Alexander Howard Faubion (1824 - 1908)*

• Fact: Residence (1850) Cocke county, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) 8th District, Cocke, Tennessee, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Texas, United States
• Fact: Burial (December 1877) Rockvale Cemetery, Spicewood, Burnet, Texas, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch

These words were written in the family Book "Faubion and Allied Families" on page 424.

Sarah Ann was called "Sally", born near Parrottsville, Cocke County, Tennessee, USA. Married Hamilton Yett 18 December 1838.

After Sally's father (William Faubion) died, she and Hamilton received 335 acres of Cocke County Land as her portion of her Fathers estate. They built an impressive two story brick home in Parrottsville, Tennessee. The brick, which curve at the top, was made on the spot. The walls are eighteen inches thick, made of solid stone (old time insulation). The house since been burned and rebuilt on the inside, some parts in the back are original from 1849.

Although the home was in Eastern Tennessee, Federal territory, the family was Confederate and many stories come from the Civil War period- a trouble time for all inhabitants of America. The encounters of which these stories tell, pulled out the courage but camouflaged the lonely side of Sally. She was a petite woman with auburn hair ( a shank of which was saved and is at the home of Louise Collins. ( Family history as told by Dr Fowler R Yett and retold by his daughter Jane.)

A tribute, written by her daughter-in-law Eliza (Biddle) Yett after Sally's death, is here paraphrased in part; " A life on the frontier had no terrors for her. Standing side by side with her husband she graced her humble home with good morals and gentle manners. She met life's hard work and great trials when very young, being only fifteen years old at the time of her marriage but through her courage she learned to conquer and was always cheerful over it. A loving hospitality was one of her principal traits of character. When she died at age 54, she did not seem old---her influence will live through her coming generations."

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 01 May 2022, 09:11), entry for Sarah Ann Faubion (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCTN-WPL ); contributed by various users.
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14200034