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Sarah York 1819–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 January 1819

Birth Location: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America

Death Date: 20 January 1894

Death Location: Goliad County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Thomas York

Mother: MARY ALLISON

Spouse(s): John Pettus

Children(s): Sarah Hodges, John Pettus, Thomas Pettus, Martha Pettus, Aletha Lincoln, James Sr, William Pettus, Susan Pettus

Sarah York was born in 1819 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America, the child of Thomas James York And Mary Polly Allison. Sarah York married John Freeman Pettus, and had children including Aletha D Pettus Lincoln, James Edward Pettus Sr, John Milam Pettus, Martha Mosley Pettus, Sarah Behetheland Hodges, Susan Virginia Pettus, Thomas York Pettus, William Albert Pettus. Sarah York passed away in 1894 in Goliad County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Sarah York was born in 1819 in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America, the child of Thomas James York And Mary Polly Allison.
  • Sarah York married John Freeman Pettus, and had children including Aletha D Pettus Lincoln, James Edward Pettus Sr, John Milam Pettus, Martha Mosley Pettus, Sarah Behetheland Hodges, Susan Virginia Pettus, Thomas York Pettus, William Albert Pettus.
  • Sarah York passed away in 1894 in Goliad County, Texas, United States of America.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Sarah York's Ancestors

Self
Sarah York
1819–1894
Birth Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America
Parents
Thomas James York
1770–1837
Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
MARY ("POLLY") ALLISON
1770–1853
Georgia
Grandparents
John (William York) I
1740–1790
Olney, Milton Keynes Borough, Buckinghamshire, England
Susanna Wilson
1745–1830
Denmark
Great-Grandparents
Jeremiah Yorke
1715–1767
Ann York
1719–1789
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah York's Descendants

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Sarah York (26 January 1819–20 January 1894) m. John (Freeman) Pettus (4 Oct 1808–03 Jan 1878)
  1. 1. Sarah (Behetheland) Hodges 1842–1924
  2. 2. John (Milam) Pettus 1849–1897
  3. 3. Thomas (York) Pettus 1860–1939
  4. 4. Martha (Mosley) Pettus 1845–1888
  5. 5. Aletha (D. Pettus) Lincoln 1848–1928 m. James Lincoln 1835–1903
    1. 1. James (Norman) Lincoln 1874–1957
  6. 6. James (Edward Pettus) Sr 1855–1942 m. Anna (Harper) Reed 1860–1936
    1. 1. James (Edward Pettus) Jr 1900–1983
    2. 2. Martha (Moseley) Eckhardt 1888–1979
    3. 3. Ella (Mae) Lott 1883–1964
    4. 4. Infant (Son) Pettus 1882–1882
    5. 5. Jessie (Lee) Pettus 1885–1978 m. Frank (James) Wallace 1883–
  7. 7. William (Albert) Pettus 1838–1912
  8. 8. Susan (Virginia) Pettus 1853–1903 m. James (Byron "Stang") Lott 1849–1890
    1. 1. Elmira (Virginia) Lott 1875–
    2. 2. Ida (York) Lott 1877–
    3. 3. Sally (P. Pettus) Lott 1879–1967 m. Levi (Nathaniel) Baker 1877–1935
      1. 1. Lelwym (Wheeler) Baker 1899–1979

Sarah York's Timeline

2 Records

1819
26 January 1819
Birth of Sarah York in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America
1894
20 January 1894
Age 75
Death of Sarah York in Goliad County, Texas, United States of America
Goliad County, Texas, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 January 1819
    Event Place: Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 January 1894
    Event Place: Goliad County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Goliad County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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