Uncertain if Sarah was married to a Thomas Benge or whether she just had a daughter with him. The census records show that Sarah was listed as married and in one record her daughter has the last name Benge; however, Sarah is always listed with her name as Spears.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBR-1LF : accessed 11 March 2020), Sarah C Spears in household of Nancy J Spears, Job's Cabin Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148, sheet 2A, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,224.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSM-RVW : accessed 11 March 2020), Sarah C Spears in household of Nancy J Spears, Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 167, sheet 4B, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1135; FHL microfilm 1,375,148.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZVC-71K : accessed 11 March 2020), Sarah Spears in household of Nancy J Spears, Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 2A, line 34, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1329; FHL microfilm 1,821,329.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37L-P8V : accessed 11 March 2020), Sarrah C Spears in household of Martin R Spears, Jobs Cabin, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 10A, line 39, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1728; FHL microfilm 2,341,462.
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 February 2020), memorial page for Sarah Catherine Spears (21 May 1890–18 Dec 1973), Find A Grave Memorial no. 65856622, citing Stony Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Purlear, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Barbara Spears Pipek (contributor 46800452) .
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DNA Connections
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: