Sarah Elizabeth (Rucker) Beeler (1856 - 1925)

Born 15 Jul 1856 in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Pierce — married 29 Jul 1872 in Union, Tennessee, United States

Wife of James Preston Beeler — married 22 Jul 1888 in Union, Tennessee, United States

Died 13 Feb 1925 at age 68 in Anderson, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Sarah Elizabeth Rucker was born in Anderson County, Tennessee on 15 Jul 1856. She was the fifth child of Austin L. Rucker (ABT 1814) and Mary Harriett Green (05 Aug 1831). She had four brothers (William Daniel Rucker (AUG 1845), Burrell Austin Rucker (25 Dec 1850), Richard Preston Rucker (12 May 1859), George Washington Rucker (04 Mar 1862)) and three sisters (Mary Ann Rucker (19 Apr 1852), Eliza Isabel Rucker (15 Jan 1856), Rachel Rucker (1859)).

When she was 5 years old, her father Austin L. Rucker died (16 Apr 1862). When she was 35 years old, her mother Mary Harriett Green died (15 Sep 1891).

On 22 Jul 1888, she married James Preston Beeler (07 May 1860) in Union County, Tennessee. On 29 Jul 1872, she married John Pierce (15 Mar 1847) in Union County, Tennessee. She was 32 years old when she married James Preston Beeler, who was 28 years old at that time. She was 16 years old when she married John Pierce, who was 25 years old at that time. She had one son with James Preston Beeler: Francis Marion Beeler (NOV 1893). She had two children with John Pierce: Mary F. Pierce (ABT 1874), Ida V. Pierce (ABT 1877).

In 1936, she died in Anderson County, Tennessee when she was 79 years old. Her husband James Preston Beeler died on 08 Mar 1934, 2 years before her. Her husband John Pierce died on 29 Feb 1936.

Sources

• Source: Sarah E. Rucker, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950" "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XD93-KPY : 11 February 2018), Preston Beeler and Sarah E. Rucker, 22 Jul 1888; citing , Union, Tennessee, reference 2:25WQSCM; FHL microfilm 976,341.

• Source: Sarah E Beeler in household of Press J Beeler, "United States Census, 1910" "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGNW-Z76 : accessed 16 March 2018), Sarah E Beeler in household of Press J Beeler, Civil District 7, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 187, sheet 7B, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1523; FHL microfilm 1,375,536.

• Source: Sarah E Rucker, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002" "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VNCH-MGP : 4 December 2014), Preston Beller and Sarah E Rucker, 22 Jul 1888; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 372, Union, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.

• Source: Sarah E Rucker, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950" "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QKH3-T47L : 30 November 2017), Preston Beeler and Sarah E Rucker, 22 Jul 1888; citing Union, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 976,341.

• Source: Sarah Beeler in household of Preston Beeler, "United States Census, 1900" "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MSZN-HLZ : accessed 15 February 2018), Sarah Beeler in household of Preston Beeler, Civil Districts 10-11, Union, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 160, sheet 5B, family 84, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,602.
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-TZBC : 10 March 2021), John Pierce and Sarah E Rucker, 29 Jul 1872; citing Union, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 976,341.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TQ-KPT : 18 February 2021), Sarah Rucker in entry for Austin Rucker, 1860.