Sarah Rebecca (Runyan) Heaton (1832 - 1913)

Born 10 May 1832 in Ohio

Wife of Joseph Heaton — married 1858 in Paulding County, Ohio

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1913 at age 80 in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan

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Biography

Sarah Rebecca Runyan was born to Mary "Polly" Tidd and Daniel Runyan. Some of Sarah's children were born when the family lived in Roundhead Township, Hardin County, Ohio, near her parents and members of her mother's family.

Sarah spent most of her adult life with her husband Joseph Heaton in Putnam County, Ohio. They had several children including Samuel Jacob, William M., Margaret N., Louisa, Charles, and Mary Ellen. Samuel was born in Indiana, maybe Steuben County.

In 1910, Sarah and her husband set out to search for a child she had given up in Grand Rapids, Michigan before she married Joseph Heaton. On this journey, Joseph -- who was in his 90s -- brought along his ax since he could still split a cord of wood a day.

Sources

• Marsha Fenstermacher-Binkley, "From Castles to America," database, Genealogie Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/from-castles-to-america/I48663.php#bronnen: accessed ), .
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 July 2018), memorial page for Sarah Rebecca Runyan Heaton (10 May 1832–8 Jan 1913), Find A Grave Memorial no. 147149907, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Scott Robertson (contributor 47342159) .
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M62K-3MM : 12 April 2016), Joseph Heaton, Ohio, United States; citing p. 10, family 77, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,718.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLN8-J5Z : accessed 25 July 2018), Joseph Heaton, Van Buren, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 89, sheet 6A, family 127, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1226; FHL microfilm 1,375,239.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SN-JZY : 16 July 2017), Joseph Heton, Liberty, Putnam, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 132, sheet 294D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1060; FHL microfilm 1,255,060.