Sarah (Lowe) Alderman (1850 - bef. 1910)

Born Oct 1850 in Surry, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Wiley Snow — married 12 Feb 1867 (to before 1890) in Surry County, North Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died before 1910 before age 59 in Zephyr, Surry, North Carolina, United States

Biography

Sarah Lowe was born on her parents' farm in Surry County, North Carolina in October 1850. She was the daughter of Isaac Lowe (1811-1886) and his wife, Matilda (Moncus) Lowe (abt.1817-1879).

On 12 February 1867 Sarah married John Wiley Snow (1848-1936) in Surry County, North Carolina, USA. ^[1] The couple had a farm in Stewarts Creek, Surry County, North Carolina, where they had 8 children:

1. Isaac Thomas " Ike" Snow, 1869–1954
2. James Byrd Snow, 1872–1954
3. Robert "Bob" Snow, 1875 - Before 1900
4. Martha Lucinda Snow, 1878–1912
5. Columbus Pascal " Pack" Snow, Apr 1879–1952
6. Fannie A. Snow, Dec 1879–1884
7. Minnie Gertrude Snow, 1882-1926
8. Wiley Walter Snow, Apr 1883–1940

On the 1880 US Census, Sarah Snow was recorded as a 28-year-old white woman, married to John W. Snow, 30 years old; they were living with 3 sons: Isaac, Brice [James Byrd], & Pascal Snow; and 2 daughters: Fannie & Lucinda Snow, on their family farm in Stewarts Creek Township, ED 175, Surry County, North Carolina, USA. John W. Snow "Works on Farm," indicating he rented or share-cropped the land. Both John & Sarah were declared illiterate. ^[2]

The 1890 US Census was accidentally destroyed and not available. Some time between the 1884 death of their daughter, Fannie Ada Snow, and 1890, John and Sarah Snow moved to Carroll County, Virginia. There they separated and divorced. John W. Snow remarried to Martha Jane (Davis) Higgs in Virginia on 11 February 1890. ^[3]

Sarah (Lowe) Snow also remarried in Virginia to widower Eli Madison "Matt" Alderman, born in 1840, on 14 May 1898. They had no children together. They were recorded as Eli Alderman, age 60, born in May 1840 in Virginia, married to Sarah (Lowe) Alderman, 50, born in Oct. 1850 in North Carolina. They were living on a rented farm with Eli's youngest son, Robert Alderman, age 9, in Fancy Gap District, ED 1, Carroll County, Virginia, USA. Eli Alderman was a "Farm Laborer," indicating he did not own his farm. The couple declared having been married for 3 years and Sarah stated she had had 8 children, 7 of whom were still living in June 1900. It was the 2nd marriage for both Eli and Sarah. ^[4]

Sarah (Lowe) Snow Alderman passed away after 1900 but likely before the 1910 US Census as neither she nor Eli M Alderman have been found on it either in Virginia or North Carolina. She has a Find A Grave Memorial but no death or burial information. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9L-B9N : 9 March 2021), John Snow and Sarah Lowe, 12 Feb 1867; citing Surry, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 546,473.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXR-HTB : 14 January 2022), Sarah Snow in household of John W. Snow, Stewarts Creek Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "Martha Higgs in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940." Martha Higgs in the Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2017.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMFG-2V3 : 23 February 2022), Eli Alderman, 1900.
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31370218/sarah-snow

See Also:

• Details for Sarah Lowe on FamilySearch; cites 45 sources

• Source: S-1526116839 Repository: #R-1896716442 Public Member Trees on Ancestry.com: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=1575471&pid=1096 - Repository: R-1896716442 http://www.Ancestry.com

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Lowe-621 was created through the import of Low Family Tree.ged on Jul 4, 2011 by Robert Low. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Robert and others.