Re: Discover Your Family History
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In reply to:
Discover Your Family History
Carol Powell 9/23/11
Sarah Elizabeth McHargue was a daughter of Jonathan McHargue and Rhoda Millsaps.She was born 19 May 1830 and died on 27 Apr 1909 in Surry County, NC.She married William Nelson on 7 Dec, 1879.Mary Nelson was born on 14 May 1876, Austin was born in 1877/78-ish and John W was born on 4 July 1879.Sarah was not their mother.The census in either 1890 or 1900 (can't remember off the top of my head), indicates that Sarah never had any birth children.
I could make a wild guess that William's first wife died in childbirth and Sarah, who had never married or had children, married him to take care of the children and for her own security and companionship.As I said, that's a wild guess based on the known facts.