Have you tried to locate a copy of Sarah's marriage license and her
obituary?
Jeanette
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iljeffer/court/courthouseinfo.htm
http://www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michelle Wisniewski" <michellewisniewski1(a)comcast.net>
To: <carter(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER] Sarah M. Carter, Jefferson County, IL
Thanks for the tip but I already tried that and no such luck.
I've also
tried every variation that I can think of, of Carter or caster or canter
or.............
----- Original Message -----
From: "Krones2004" <krones2004(a)yahoo.com>
To: <carter(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 6:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CARTER] Sarah M. Carter, Jefferson County, IL
> Michelle:
>
> If you have access to a site with censuses (such as Ancestry) have you
> tried searching for Sarah by her first name and approximate birth year.
>
> I did this for a gr gr grandmother who "disappeared" between the 1850
> census and the time she married my gr gr grandfather in 1864.
>
> I finally found her living with her mother and sister in the same
> county.
> It seems her mother had remarried in 1858 and the 1860 census taker had
> listed the mother's two daughters with the same last name as the
> step-father. He probably assumed they were the husband's daughters.
>
> This has worked for me more than once.
>
> Good luck hunting,
> Peggy
>
>
> Michelle Wisniewski <michellewisniewski1(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am at a brick wall with my G-Grandmother, Sarah M. Carter. I'm hoping
> to
> find information on any of her siblings or parents. Sarah was born May 1,
> 1842 in IL and died March 24, 1908 in Jefferson County, IL. The first
> mention of Sarah being in Jefferson County is when she married my
> G-Grandfather, Augustus Milton Oard on October 23, 1862. I have not been
> able to find Sarah in any census records prior to 1870 when she was in
> Jefferson County, IL. Her father's birth location varies from TN to IL in
> the 1880 & 1900 census records. There were only a few Carter families in
> Jefferson County in the 1860 census and they seem like they were all
> related and all were from TN and IL:
>
> Sarah Carter, age 40, b.TN
> Dillard Carter
> Evalena Carter
> Evalane Carter
>
> Joel Anthony Carter, age 46, b. TN
> Mary Carter
> Sarah E. Carter
> James M. Carter
> Nancy Carter
> John Carter
> William Carter
> Martha Carter
>
> James B. Carter, age 36, B. TN
> Elizabeth carter
> Lucy A. carter
> James K. Carter
> Christina Carter
> Elvira Carter
> Douglas D. Carter
>
> There was also a William E. Carter age 14, b.IL living with another of my
> relatives, Jonathan Wells and Mary J. Carter, age 10, b. IL living with
> Samuel Hunter.
>
> I'm wondering if my Sarah could also somehow be related to the Carter
> families listed above. Is anyone on this list related to these Carters?
>
> Thanks,
> Michelle
>
>
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