Sarah Caroline (Hull) Shetler (1878 - 1950)

Born 13 Mar 1878 in Wharton Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Harrison Ples Smith — married 1905 (to 29 Jan 1910) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Wife of Joseph Clark Shetler — married 5 Jul 1911 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 24 Apr 1950 at age 72 in McClellandtown, German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Sadie (Hull) Shetler was born in Pennsylvania.

Sadie (Hull) Shetler was an Appalachian. See Appalachia Project.

Sarah Hull, known as Sadie, was born on 13 March 1878 in Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Jacob Hull and Hyley Hall.

Wharton Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 7 June 1880
Jacob Hull (40), farmer, and his wife Hiley (38), in household with their children, Mary E (15), John H (13), William (11), Annie (7), Sarah (7), Chas B (2) and Enock A, 2 months old, born in April 1880. Jacob reported his father was born in Maryland and his mother in Virginia. All in household were born in Pennsylvania.^[1]

On 12 December 1896, Sarah C Hull (20) and Harry P Smith (22), laborer, applied for a marriage license in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.^[2] This license does not seem to have been returned.

Sarah C Hull and Harry P Smith filed for another marriage license in Monongalia, West Virginia and were married in 1905.^[3]

Sarah C Hull married Joseph C Shettler on 5 July 1911 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. According to the marriage record, Sadie was divorced from her previous husband on 29 January 1910 as a result of desertion. ^[4]

German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 19 January 1920
Joe Shetler (37), coal mine scrapper, and his wife, Sadie (41), in their rented property. Joe and Sadie were able to read, write, and speak English and were both born in Pennsylvania.^[5]

German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 25 April 1930
Joseph Shetler (46), coal mine scrapper, and his wife, Sadie (48), married at ages 26 and 27 respectively, in rented property at $7/month. Joseph and Sadie were able to read and write and both were born in Pennsylvania.^[6]

German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 18 April 1940
Joseph Shetler (52), coal mine laborer, and his wife, Sadie (56), at 46 Puritan Road, the same property as in 1935. Sadie had completed 5th grade. Joseph and Sadie were both born in Pennsylvania.^[7]

German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, 5 April 1950
Joseph Shetler (68), and his wife, Sadie (70), on their property at 48 Puritan Road. ^[8] Neighbor of Celia Show.

Sarah Caroline Hull Smith Shetler died 24 April 1950 in McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania and was buried at McClellandtown Presbyterian Cemetery, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.^[9]

• Sarah Caroline Hull Smith Shetler at FamilySearch

Research Notes

In 1909 Harrison Ples Smith married Florence E Yost so there was some discrepancy as to the marriage and divorce dates, however this would explain a divorce on the grounds of desertion.^[10]

The Census records for Sadie in 1900 and 1910, when Sadie was married to Harrison and after the divorce, have not been located. Harrison was located in the 1900 census as a boarder and quarry laborer, and he was remarried in 1909.

Sadie is the mother of Clara Crutchman, but was she married to Allen Crutchman? This would have taken place before two marriage licenses with Harrison Smith. The 1910 census lists a May Cutchman as a niece, living in the household of Sadie's brother, Enoch, born around 1895. In 1850, Celia is the neighbor of Joseph and Sadie. The obituary of Sadie lists one daughter, Cecelia Show. DNA matches through Cecelia confirm a link with Sadie through 3 links. More research needed.

Is Harrison Smith, born 1874, a brother of or related to Emma Amy Smith, born 1856 wife of Sadie's brother, William? Both of their mother's names are Mahala, fathers are shown as James and George. More research needed.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWFD-QFB : 14 January 2022), Sarah Hull in household of Jacob Hull, Wharton Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFSB-3ZZ : 10 March 2021), Harry P Smith and Sarah C Hull, 14 Dec 1896; citing Marriage, Uniontown, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYJL-SH7 : 11 February 2018), Harry P Smith and Sadie C Hull, 1905; citing Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 843,800
4. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF3V-BP2 : 10 March 2021), Joseph Shetler and Sadie Hull, 5 Jul 1911; citing Marriage, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX9T-XP8 : 3 February 2021), Sadie Shetler in entry for Joe Shetler, 1920
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3M-K4L : accessed 28 April 2023), Sadie Shelter in household of Joseph Shelter, German, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 37, sheet 11A, line 24, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2039; FHL microfilm 2,341,773
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHG-HJM : 7 January 2021), Sadie Shetler in household of Joseph Shetler, German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 26-45, sheet 23A, line 33, family 367, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3504
8. ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XBV-XDTT : Mon Jan 30 04:19:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Joseph Shetler and Sadie Shetter, 5 April 1950
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144821110/sarah-c-shetler: accessed 28 April 2023), memorial page for Sarah C “Sadie” Hull Shetler (13 Mar 1878–24 Apr 1950), Find A Grave: Memorial #144821110, citing McClellandtown Presbyterian Cemetery, McClellandtown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by PhilKel (contributor 47125592)
10. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYHZ-MPN : 11 February 2018), Ples H Smith and Florence E Yost, 1909; citing Marion, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 835,631