Sarah Koontz(Coons, Koons) Ohio
Searching for ancestry of Sarah Koontz(Coons, Koons), b ~1837
She married Annuel Gifford in Preble County Ohio~1857
1850 census of Madison Township, Butler County Ohio(provided by Charles Hart)
William Coons, 44, b VA
w, Elizabeth, 42, b OH
Sarah Coons, 13
1860 census of Preble county Ohio shows:
Annuel Gifford, 24, b OH(on line Heritage-quest shows first name Daniel)
wife, Sarah, 22, b OH
s, John, 3, b OH
d, Lydia, 2, b OH
boarder, Daniel Reokdole(sp?), 24, b OH
A few households away in household of Ezra Siffer(sp?), 27, b OH, wife Sarah, 22, b OH, sons Jacob, 3 and David, 1, is a Phillip Coons, age 20, b OH. Perhaps Phillip is brother or other kin of Sarah Coons(Koontz, Koons).
The 1870 Preble County census shows Annuel Gifford family:
Annuel, 33, b OH, saw miller (listed in Heritage-quest as Amos; hard to read)
w, Sarah, 32, b OH
s, John H. 12
d, Lydia E. 11
s, Jesse 9
s, William 6
d, Kasiah 3
d, Julia S. 3/12 born Feb
1870 census of Gratis Twsp, Preble County Ohio, two doors from Annuel Gifford household:
William S Koons, 63, b VA
w, Elizabeth, 61, b OH
s, Samuel, 17m b OH
A George Koons, 73, born MD also was in the 1870 Preble County Ohio(9 households from Annuel and Sarah), with wife Lydia, 60, born PA, and son Samuel, 17, born Ohio.
Sarah died Aug 27, 1874 age 37-6-6 from complications of childbirth. A baby died Sep. 5 1874, mother is listed as Sarah Coons Gifford.