Sarah Elizabeth (Mayes) Tye (1800 - 1880)

Born 16 Jan 1800 in Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Howell Tye — married about 1820 in Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1880 at age 80 in Whitley, Kentucky

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Biography

Sarah Elizabeth Mayes was born January 16, 1800, a daughter of William Mayes and Obedience Terrell. During the American Revolutionary War, William and his wife, Obedience Terrell had made their residence in Wake county, North Carolina, where William served as a Juror. William is honored for his Civil Service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, as DAR Ancestor #A211398. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his daughter Sarah "Sally" Mayes, who married Henry H. Tye. ^[1]

In 1818, Sarah married Henry Howell Tye, born December 10, 1798, in Richmond, Virginia. Sarah and Henry became the parents of as many as eight children. ^[2]

She died 1 Nov 1880^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A211398
2. ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L43W-59L/henry-howell-tye-1798-1846
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 15 November 2021), memorial page for Sarah Elizabeth “Sallie” Mayes Tye (16 Jan 1800–1 Nov 1880), Find A Grave: Memorial #37267814, citing John Tye Cemetery, Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Arkieologist (contributor 47246586).

• eljayartlines.com/genealogy/salliebio.htm
• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCZ4-4SM : accessed 7 May 2015), Sallie Tye in household of Pallon W Tye, Newcomb, Laurel, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district 58, sheet 289B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0427; FHL microfilm 1,254,427.