Sarah Ann (Robbins) Sheffield (abt. 1844 - bef. 1884)

Born about 15 Sep 1844 in Nixburg, Coosa, Alabama, United States

Wife of Jasper Newman Shuffield — married 14 Sep 1860 in Clark, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died before 10 Jan 1884 before about age 39 in De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Name

Located her middle name on ancestry.

Birth

According to the 1870 Census, Sarah was born about 1843 in Alabama.

Death

Timeline

Marriages

N S married Sarah Ann Robins on 14 September 1860 in Clark, AR.^[1]

They may have had 13 children together. Joel Shuffield was one.

Census

In the 1850 census Sarah (age 16) was in Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, United States.^[2]

Daniel Robbins 55, farmer, $500, NC

Sarah Robbins 44, VA

Joseph Robbins 19, AL

Sarah Robbins 16, AL

Solomon Robbins 12, AL

Martha Robbins 11, AL

Cassius Robbins 7, AL

Howel Robbins 5, AL

Baker Robbins 2, AL

Sarah Robbins 81 NC

In the 1860 census Sarah (age 26) was in Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama.^[3]

Sarah Rabbins 51/f, farmer, $500 $500, VA

Sarah Rabbins 26/f, AL

Saloma Rabbins 21/m, farm laborer, AL

Martha Rabbins 19/f, AL

Carina Robbins 18/f, AL

Howell Robbins 14/m, AL

Daniel B Robbins 12/m, AL

Jacob Vann 25/m, farm laborer, AL

1870 Census. J. N. was living at home with his spouse, Sarah A. Sheffield and four of their children. J. N. was 27 and b. in Mississippi and Sarah A. was 26 and born in Alabama. The children in the home were:

Sarah H. Sheffield age 8;

Mary J. Sheffield age 6;

Mirta E. age 3; and

Henry N. age 1.

All of the children were born in Arkansas. This Census was taken in Cedar Twsp, Carroll, Arkansas.^[4]

1880 Census. Newman Shuffield was living with his spouse, Sarah, along with seven of their children in De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas. He was a farmer. This Census shows they were both 36 and he was born in TN and Sarah was b. in Alabama. The children in the home were as follows:

Minty age 13;

Henry age 11;

Thomas age 9;

William age 7;

Hardy age 5;

John age 3; and

Richard Shuffield less than one year old.^[5]

Notes

FamilyTree has her parents listed as Daniel Arter Robbins and Sarah Mitson Wilson and her great grandparents as Benjamin Robbins, Sr. and Sarah Bostick Wells and Benjamin Franklin Wilson and Martha Lewter.

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "Arkansas, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900"
   Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp.. Arkansas Marriages, 1851-1900. See the extended description for original data sources listed by county
   Ancestry Record 4383 #128709 (accessed 9 January 2023)
   N S Shuffield marriage to Sarah Ann Robins on 14 Sep 1860 in Clark, AR.
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Coosa, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: 4; Page: 69a; Line Number: 37
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #18118500 (accessed 9 January 2023)
   Sarah Robbins (16) in Coosa, Coosa, Alabama, USA. Born in Alabama.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
   The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama; Roll: M653_7; Page: 255; Family History Library Film: 803007
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #13489346 (accessed 9 January 2023)
   Sarah Rabbins (26) in Subdivision 2, Coosa, Alabama. Born in Alabama.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-64K9-L48?cc=1438024&wc=KL6N-JWL%3A518654201%2C518670901%2C518845701 : 7 June 2019), Arkansas > Clark > Cedar > image 7 of 23; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNW4-F6S : 19 February 2021), Newman Sheiffield, De Roche, Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 76, sheet 524D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,046.