Sarah Ann (Wilder) Newman (1855 - 1884)

Born 3 May 1855 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of George E. Newman — married 29 Sep 1875 in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States

Died 29 Mar 1884 at age 28 in Alstead, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States

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Biography

Birth

Sarah Ann Wilder was born at Athol, Massachusetts, on 3 May 1855, the daughter of George Wilder and Nancy J. (Washburn) Wilder.^[1][2] She was living with her parents at Athol in 1860 at the age of 5^[3] and in 1865 at the age of 10.^[4] In 1870, she was living with her parents at Alstead, New Hampshire, at the age of 15.^[5]

Marriage

Sarah A. Wilder, 20, of Alstead, New Hampshire, and George E. Newman, farmer, 28, of Gilsum, New Hampshire, married at Alstead Center on 29 Sep 1875.^[6][2]

In 1880, George E. Newman, 30, teamster, and his wife Sarah A. Newman, 25, were living at Gilsum, New Hampshire, with four boarders.^[7]

There were no known children from the marriage.

Death

Sarah (Wilder) Newman died from "organic disease of brain" at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 29 Mar 1884, with her age at her death recorded as 28 years, 10 months, 6 days.^[8] Her gravestone at the Gilsum Village Cemetery in Gilsum, New Hampshire, is inscribed with the dates 3 May 1855 and 29 Mar 1884.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record of Sarah Ann Wilder, in Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925, database with images, FamilySearch > FHL film #004341206 > image 221 of 349; State Archives, Boston.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} William Willis Hayward, The history of Hancock, New Hampshire, 1764-1889 (Lowell, Mass., 1889), pages 968-969
3. ↑ Sarah A. Wilder in the Geo. Wilder family, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > Massachusetts > Worcester > Athol > household 1337 > family 1516 > image 2 of 66; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ Sarah A. Wilder in the George Wilder family, in Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch > Worcester > Athol > household 196 > family 267 > image 15 of 39; State Archives, Boston.
5. ↑ Sarah J. (sic) Wilder in the George Wilder family, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 141 > family 135 > image 15 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ Transcription of the marriage record of Geo. E. Newman and Sara A. Wilder, in New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947, database, FamilySearch > FHL film #004243068 > image 2041 of 5060; Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
7. ↑ George E. Newman family, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Gilsum > ED 49 > household 122 > family 136 > image 12 of 15; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
8. ↑ Transcription of the death record of Sarah A. Newman, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > FHL film #004243766 > image 3436 of 5069; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #155653576 for Sara A. Newman, with photo of gravestone of "Sara A. wife of Geo. E. Newman"