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Sarah Ella Hamilton was a child of one of many former Chester District families who moved to the area around Marissa, St. Clair County, Illinois motivated by the hard feelings that slavery engendered and the religious belief that it was unconscionable practice for a Christian which many in the reformed movement fervently believed. It is presumed that Ella was born in Marissa or the area immediately around Marissa.
Ella's parents were John Carmichael and Margaret Meek Hamilton, the former being born in Chester and moved west as toddler and the latter also probably being of a branch of the Chester District Meek family.
What became her wedding adventure to South Carolina as well as her life story should be added here by a knowledgeable descendant but each is recounted nicely in the county heritage book, volume one, published in 1982. Ella was buried at Purity and in a short few months the body of her husband, Judge J. K. Henry, was placed in the adjoining grave.
The Henrys and family were members of the Chester ARP Church now located on Wylie Street near Purity Presbyterian Church which is the successor sanctuary to the Purity Meeting House, which burned down and now is the site, or quite near it, of the Old Purity picnic pavilion at Old Purity.
Sarah was born in 1863 at Marissa, Illinois to J C Hamilton and Margaret Meeks. She passed away in 1941 in Chester, SC. She was survived by her husband J K Henry.[1]
Marriage record not located, but according to 1900 Census, Ella and J K Henry were married in 1888.
1870 - St Clair Township, St Clair, Illinois[2]
1880 - Township 3, St Clair, Illinois[3]
1900 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina[4]
1910 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina[5]
1940 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina[6]
1880 - Township 3, St Clair, Illinois
John C Hamilton | Self | Male | 51 | South Carolina, United States |
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Margaret Hamilton | Wife | Female | 46 | Illinois, United States |
William M Hamilton | Son | Male | 20 | Illinois, United States |
Sarrah E Hamilton | Daughter | Female | 18 | Illinois, United States |
John A Hamilton | Son | Male | 16 | Illinois, United States |
Robert E Hamilton | Son | Male | 12 | Illinois, United States |
John F Thompson | Other | Male | 31 | New York, United States |
1870 - St Clair Township, St Clair, Illinois
Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
---|---|---|---|---|
John Hamilton | Male | 41 | South Carolina | |
Margaret Hamilton | Female | 36 | Illinois | |
William Hamilton | Male | 10 | Illinois | |
Ellen Hamilton | Female | 8 | Illinois | |
Albert Hamilton | Male | 6 | Illinois | |
Elmer Hamilton | Male | 2 | Illinois | |
William Nelson | Male | 25 | Indiana | |
John Hamilton | Male | 75 | South Carolina | |
Sarah Hamilton | Female | 77 | South Carolina |
1900 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina
Name | Age |
---|---|
James Henry | 43 |
Sarah E Henry | 38 |
Margaret H Henry | 11 |
William J Henry | 9 |
Albert ?? Henry | 8 |
Sarah D Henry | 4 |
James K Henry | 2 |
Hellen R Henry | 4/12 |
Charles K Bell | 18 |
John Archer | 20 |
Dinah Archer | 20 |
1910 - Chester, Chester, South Carolina
Household | Role | Sex | Age | Birthplace |
---|---|---|---|---|
James K Henry | Head | Male | 53 | South Carolina |
Sarah E Henry | Wife | Female | 48 | South Carolina |
Margaret H Henry | Daughter | Female | 21 | South Carolina |
William J Henry | Son | Male | 19 | South Carolina |
Albert T Henry | Son | Male | 18 | South Carolina |
Sarah E Henry Jr. | Daughter | Female | 14 | South Carolina |
James K Henry | Son | Male | 12 | South Carolina |
Helen R Henry | Daughter | Female | 10 | South Carolina |
Mary C Henry | Daughter | Female | 8 | South Carolina |
Mary J Elder | Cousin | Female | 60 | South Carolina |
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