Sarah (Yarbrough) Pennington (1793 - aft. 1880)

Born 1793 in United States

Ancestors

Wife of Joshua P Pennington — married 25 Aug 1844 in Van Buren, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died after 1880 after age 87 in Gage, Nebraska, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Sarah Yarborough, daughter of William Yarborough Sr. and perhaps Rachel Shelby, was born at South Carolina about 1793. She died most likely in Gage Co., Nebraska where she was living in 1880.

Sarah married (1) Robert Charles Howard, son of John Howard and [Elizabeth] Tubb, about 1815; it appears they later divorced, before 1844 when she remmarried; she married (2) Joshua Pennington at Van Buren Co., Tennessee, 25 August 1844

Known Children

1. Mahala Howard b. 24 Dec 1815, d. 31 Mar 1876
2. Felix Grundy Howard b. 1822, d. Apr 1871
3. Martha (Patsy) Howard b. say 1823, d. 3 Oct 1844
4. James Howard b. 1836

Research Notes

The linked father William Yarbrough could not have been her father as he was still in his mother's household in 1793 in Caroline County, Virginia. Cooke-7654 20:53, 27 January 2022 (UTC)I don't believe the Find A Grave memorial is accurate. She was alive and well in Nebraska at 1880 census.

Sarah was born in 1793. She was the daughter of William Yarbrough. She passed away in 1868.

Sources

• Find A Grave Memorial 100049042

• United States Census for 1850, Seventh Census of the United States, District 14, Warren Co., Tennessee, population schedule, sheet 56, dwelling 745, family 745, Joshua Pennington household, age 54, born in South Carolina, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M432, 1009 rolls, roll #898.

• United States Census for 1860, Eighth Census of the United States, McMinnville, Warren Co., Tennessee, population schedule, sheet 216, dwelling 1558, family 1588, Joshua Pennington household, age 66, born in North Carolina, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication M653, 1438 rolls, roll #1274.

• United States Census for 1880, Tenth Census of the United States, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 347, sheet 26B, dwelling 233, family 233, James Howard household, age 88, born in South Carolina, mother of the head of household, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); original data: NARA micropublication T9, 1454 rolls, roll #749.

• Margret Rhinehardt, Van Buren County Marriage Records (Spencer, Tennessee: Van Buren Historical Society, 1983), 3.