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Sarah Jane Black 1837 – 1913 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Sep 1837

Birth Location: Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong, Pennsylvania

Death Date: 13 Feb 1913

Death Location: Elkins, West Virginia

Father: Samuel Black

Mother: Rosanna Hutchison

Spouse(s): Dewitt Lawton

Children(s): John Clinton, Edwin Lawton, Florence Lawton, Samuel Lawton

It was in 1837 that Sarah Jane Black was born in Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong, Pennsylvania, a child of Samuel Black and Rosanna Hutchison. Sarah Jane Black went on to marry Dewitt Clinton Lawton and had children such as John Dewitt Clinton, Edwin Lawton, Florence Lawton and Samuel Lawton. Sarah Jane Black was deceased by 1913 in Elkins, West Virginia.

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Parents

Samuel Black
1814 – 1856
Birth Location: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
SB
Rosanna Hutchison
1813 – 1891
Birth Location: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
RH

Spouses(s)

Dewitt Lawton
1831 – 1861
Birth Location: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA
DL

Children(s)

John Clinton
1860 – 1921
Birth Location: Atwood Armstrong, Pennsylvania
JC
Edwin Lawton
Birth Location: –
EL
Florence Lawton
Birth Location: –
FL
Samuel Lawton
Birth Location: –
SL

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 Sep 1837
    Event Place: Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong, Pennsylvania
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 88136, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1095; Family History Film: 1255095; Page: 96D; Enumeration District: 004; Image: 0754, Year: 1860; Census Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1069; Page: 124; Image: 311; Family History Library Film: 805069

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1069; Page: 124; Image: 311; Family History Library Film: 805069

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1095; Family History Film: 1255095; Page: 96D; Enumeration District: 004; Image: 0754

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 Feb 1913
    Event Place: Elkins, West Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR Membership Number: 88136

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