Sarah was born in 1859 to Stephen C. Keffer and Martha E. (Taylor) Keffer . In 1860 she is recorded as “S M” aged 7 months in their household in Sinking Creek, Craig, Virginia. [1] She married George Edward Wallace 10 Nov 1877 in Virginia, and they moved to Texas soon thereafter. [2]
She passed away in 1878, soon after the birth of her first child, Laura Blanche (Wallace) Talley.
↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X5YY-FWY : 11 February 2018), G. E. Wallace and Sallie M. Keffer, 10 Nov 1877; citing Craig, Virginia, reference ; FHL microfilm 31,073. Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFL5-F1K : 12 April 2016), Sarah S Keffer in household of Stephen C Keffer, Virginia, United States; citing p. 67, family 456, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,140.
"Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3XX-ZMG : 13 March 2018), Laura Blanche Talley, 15 Oct 1963; citing certificate number 62460, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm .
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