Sarah Frances (Taylor) Colclough (1834 - 1919)

Born 10 Oct 1834 in Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas F Colclough — married 11 Aug 1859 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA

Descendants

Died 25 Mar 1919 at age 84 in Bowling Green, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States

Biography

Sarah Frances Taylor was born in Georgia to John Taylor and Frances Whitton. The date of birth is based on her age cited in the 1850 US Census.

The 1850 US Census for District 149, Greene, Georgia enumerates John and Frances Taylor with five children living in the home. Sarah was fourteen years old.^[1]

Sarah married Thomas Colclough 5 August 1859 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. ^[2]

In 1860 Thomas and Sarah were living in Greene County, Georgia. There was a thirty three year old male from Poland living with them - possibly a boarder. ^[3]

In 1900 Sarah is enumerated in the US Federal Census living in Vineville, Bibb, Georgia with son, ??, his wife and 4 children.^[4]

In 1910 Sarah was widowed, living in Falling Creek, Oglethorpe County, Georgia with her daughter Sara McWhorter (also widowed) and nine of her grandchildren. There were also three boarders and two servants living in the home. Of interest, one of the boarders was Hugh Freeman who was twenty one and single. Sarah's daughter, Martha Emily, married James Lewis Freeman who had a brother named Hugh Freeman. ^[5]

Sarah died 25 Mar 1919 in Bowling Green, Oglethorpe, Georgia. She was buried in the Antioch Cemetery in Stephens, Georgia the following day.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-Y89 : 12 April 2016), Sarah F Taylor in household of John H Taylor, Green county, Greene, Georgia, United States; citing family 159, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Marriages(White), 1831-1877)
3. ↑ 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Year: 1860; Census Place: Greene, Georgia; Roll: M653_125; Page: 460; Family History Library Film: 803125
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3F2-5QK : accessed 31 July 2018), Sarah Taylor in household of N I Taylor, Militia District 1085, Vineville, Bibb, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18, sheet 2A, family 24, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,180.
5. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Year: 1910; Census Place: Falling Creek, Oglethorpe, Georgia; Roll: T624_206; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0131; FHL microfilm: 1374219

• family records
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, Family Search https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZMJ-H34 : 30 December 2015), Sarah F Colclough in entry for Thomas F Colclough, 1860.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV22-YFB6 : 11 July 2016), Sarah F Taylor Calclough, 1919; Burial, Stephens, Oglethorpe, Georgia, United States of America, Antioch Cemetery; citing record ID 78348948, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.