Born in Washington, Maryland, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Emanuel Newcomer
and Catherine (Funk) Newcomer
Sister of
Samuel Funk Newcomer, Lydia (Newcomer) Coffman, Andrew Newcomer, Peter Newcomer, Henry Funk Newcomer, Jonas Newcomer, Anna Eliza (Newcomer) Stuff, Adaline (Newcomer) Funk, Amelia (Newcomer) Hastings, Emanuel F Newcomer Jr and Catherine Elizabeth (Newcomer) Rohrer
Wife of
William Funk
— married
30 Jul 1846 in Ogle, Illinois, United States
Mother of
Lydia R (Funk) Baringer
Died
at age 72
in Jennings, Jefferson Davis, Louisiana, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Sarah was born in 1821. Her parents were Emanuel Newcomer and Catherine (Funk) Newcomer.
She married (1) Jonathan Martz in 1843. [1]
She married (2) William Funk in 1846. [2]
In 1860 they were living in Illinois with 5 children: Anna, John, Austin, Sarah and Lydia. Also living with them was Maude Stuff. [3]
In 1880 she was 58 and living in Kansas with husband, daughter Lidda Funk and grandson W H Funk. [4]
She passed in 1894.
Sarah was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. [5]
Sources
- ↑ "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q297-NKTV : 17 March 2018), Sarah Newcomer and Jonathan Martz, 03 Nov 1843; citing Washington, Maryland, United States, clerk of the circuit court from various counties; FHL microfilm 14,643.
- ↑ "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9G-N5GF : 19 February 2021), William Funk and Sarah Merts, 30 Jul 1846; citing Ogle, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,420,755.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXHJ-K9Y : 18 February 2021), Sarah Funk in entry for William Funk, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF52-JSY : 14 January 2022), Sarah Funk in household of William Funk, Kechi, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/58176696/sarah-funk: accessed 08 March 2023), memorial page for Sarah Newcommer Funk (9 Sep 1821–15 Mar 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #58176696, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Jennings, Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Laura Savoie-Hanchey Hall (contributor 48712583).
See also:
- FamilySearch Person: K8G4-1T3
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