Born in Indiana United States
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of Arthur Potts
and Hester Ann (Kilpatrick) Potts
Sister of
Jonathan James Potts, John T Potts, Rhoda Caroline (Potts) Farris and Amelia (Potts) Wells
Wife of
Recompense Stanbery
— married
Jul 1859 in Benton, Iowa, United States
Wife of
Frederick Morton Elwood
— married
1883 in Nebraska, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Alice (Stanbery) Morris, Eugene Stanbery, Florence May Stanbery and Frank Henry Stanbery
Died
at age 79
in Jefferson, Nebraska, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Jul 2016
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Biography
- Sarah was born in 1838. Sarah Potts was the daughter of Arthur and Hester Potts. She married Recompence Stanbery abt 1859.[1] After his death in 1876 she married Frederick Morton Elwood. [2] She passed away in 1917.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJB-T84 : 10 February 2018), Reconhince Stanbery and Sarah Jane Potts, 03 Jul 1859, Benton, Iowa, United States; citing reference p64, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,871,616.
- ↑ "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZL-7DCL : 8 June 2021), Sarah J Stanberry in entry for F M Elwood, 1883.
- ↑ Find a Grave memorial page for Sarah Jane Potts Elwood (6 Feb 1838–18 Feb 1917), Find A Grave: Memorial #25898808, citing Kilpatrick Cemetery, Plymouth, Jefferson County, Nebraska, USA
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M854-WZQ : 9 November 2014), Arthur Potts, Wilmington, Will, Illinois, United States; citing family 91, 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:M82G-DR7 : 30 December 2015), Recompence Stanbery, 1860.
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHD3-Y7H : 17 October 2014), Recompense Stanberry, Nebraska, United States; citing p. 7, family 60, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,329.
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