Sarah Frances (Odom) Henderson (1826 - 1911)

Born 10 Aug 1826 in Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James H. Henderson — married 1846 in Simpson County, Mississippi, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1911 at age 85 in Forest Hill, Rapides, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Odom) Henderson was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

https://butterfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2013/01/welcome-to-mygenealogy-blog-about-above.html

Sarah Frances Odom was born 10 August 1826 to parents Richard Odom and Unknown Merchant in Mississippi. It is strongly believed that her mother was a Merchant daughter of John Merchant and Betty Mills. Sarah Odom and husband James H. Henderson had eight children. There is no marriage record but they did marry about 1844- 1846 probably in Simpson County, Mississippi. They appear in the 1850 census in Simpson County.^[1]

Sarah and James are missing on the 1860 census but in 1870, after the Civil War, they are living in Lawrence County, Mississippi. ^[2]

By 1880 James and Sarah have moved to Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. Their name is misspelled as Henneson. ^[3]

Once again James and Sarah moved but not so far this time. They relocated a bit to the north to Rapides Parish, Louisiana. In 1900 they were the only ones living in the household. ^[4]

Sarah Odom Henderson died at her home in Forest Hill, Louisiana on 20 September 1911. She is buried in the Butters Cemetery in Forest Hill. ^[5]

See biography for James H. Henderson

Note

Sarah's tombstone gives her birth date as 1816. This is clearly wrong and research proves it. Her parents did not marry until about 1820 and their first child was born in 1821. Sarah was the fifth child born in 1826 so there is no way she would have been born in 1816. FindAGrave will not change her birth date even though sources have been provided to them. Please do not change her birth date on this profile to match FindAGrave or her tombstone. Read the sources here and look at her siblings birth dates. Some are estimates but one thing is certain. Her father was on the 1820 census with one female in the age bracket to be his wife and there were no children in their household. The 1830 census shows children and have been matched up with the order in which they are known to have been born. Butter-100 19:24, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

DNA

• DNA confirmation for paternal 2xGreat grandparents of Virginia Butter Fields and KH. Most recent common ancestors James H. Henderson and Sarah Frances Odom. Test through FamilyTreeDNA. 237 cM's 2nd cousins 1x removed. Confirmed with paper trail.

Sources

1. ↑ United States Census, 1850 database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LN-SV6 : 12 April 2016), James Henderson, Simpson county, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFS6-MRQ : 13 June 2019), James Henderson in entry for Jas Henderson, 1870.
3. ↑ United States Census 1880 database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6V-49R : 15 August 2017), James Henneson, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 6, sheet 452C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0449; FHL microfilm 1,254,449.
4. ↑ United States Census, 1900 database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS51-2PP : accessed 9 August 2019), James Henderson, Ward 4 Spring Hill, Rapides, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 129, sheet 21B, family 377, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,578.
5. ↑ Death & Burial Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #28211598 memorial page for Mrs Sarah Odom Henderson (10 Aug 1816–20 Sep 1911), Find a Grave Memorial no. 28211598, citing Butters Cemetery, Forest Hill, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA ; Maintained by SFC USA RET Duffie and Kathy (contributor 46950425) .