Born in Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Hezekiah Owen
and Elizabeth Ellen (Wiseman) Owen
Sister of
Mary Wilson (Owen) Jones, John Ransom Owens, Rebecca Frost (Owens) Wiseman, Isaac Wiseman Owens, Alexander Hamilton Owens, Elizabeth Park Owens, John Ransom Owen [half], Richard Bentley Owens, James Hillman Owens, William Albert Owens, William Albert Owen, Adoniram Judson Owens, Julia Ann Jane Owens and Hezekiah Owens
Wife of
Wilson Merrill
— married
1 Jun 1847 (to 8 Jul 1852) in Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Elizabeth (Merrill) Hinkle
Died
at age 26
in Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Nov 2022
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Biography
Sarah Ann Elizabeth Owen married Wilson Merrill on 1 June 1847, Davidson, North Carolina. [1]
1850 Census:[2]
- Wilson Merril M 28 North Carolina
- Sarah A. E. Merrill F 24 North Carolina
- Mary E Merril F 0 North Carolina
- Preston Owen M 9 North Carolina
- Samuel Wilson M 10 North Carolina
Sarah died in 1854, on the 1860 census her husband is married to his second wife: Elizabeth Snider. [3] Sarah's children on that census would have been:
- Mary E Merrill F 10 North Carolina
- Alexander W Merrill M 8 North Carolina [4]
Sources
- ↑ "North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F85V-98M : 14 February 2020), Wilson Merrill, 1847.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4B9-91N : 4 April 2020), Wilson Merril, Davidson county, Davidson, North Carolina, United States; citing family 546, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZ2-F1K : 18 February 2021), Elizabeth Merrill in entry for Wilson Merrill, 1860.
- ↑ Missouri Death Certificate, shows mother's surname Owen: https://www.sos.mo.gov/images/archives/deathcerts/1927/1927_00021180.PDF
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/173920725/elizabeth-sarah_ann-merrell: accessed 11 December 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Sarah Ann Merrell (7 Jan 1826–1853), Find A Grave: Memorial #173920725, citing Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Webster County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Marcia Lynne vonGunden (contributor 47059326).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Amanda Samuels 
:
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Amanda_M_S
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~0.78%
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Pam Kreutzer
Pam Kreutzer
Owens-11162 and Owen-13098 appear to represent the same person because: The surname should be Owen, the FAG memorial for her father has Owen. The rest is a clear duplicate
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Rejected matches › Elizabeth J. (Merrill) Page (abt.1826-1898)
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