JEFFRIES, Sarah

1795 - 1862  (67 years)

• Name	JEFFRIES, Sarah
  Born	27 Mar 1795	Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	16 Sep 1862	Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana
  Person ID	I10955	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	JEFFRIES, Richard,   b. 24/24 Feb 1729/1730, East Bradford (Birmingham) Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Mar 1817, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	DAVIS, Nancy Anna,   b. 5 May 1765, Of East Bradford, Chester County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 1841, Piqua, Miami County, Ohio  (Age 75 years)
  Married	1786	Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F1228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BRIGGS, Benjamin,   b. 11 Mar 1784, Tell Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 22 Aug 1863, Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana  (Age 79 years)
  Married	Bef 1816	Probably Pennsylvania
  Children	1. BRIGGS, Watson,   b. Abt 1816,   d. 10 Oct 1895, County Home, Wabash County, Indiana  (Age ~ 79 years)   2. BRIGGS, Anna,   b. Abt 1818, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. BRIGGS, Catherine,   b. 26 May 1819, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 17 Feb 1899, Amorita Woods, Oklahoma  (Age 79 years)   4. BRIGGS, Jonathon W.,   b. Abt 1822, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. BRIGGS, Mary,   b. Abt 1824,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. BRIGGS, Margaret Jane,   b. 22 Sep 1825, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 29 Nov 1904, Havelock, Nebraska  (Age 79 years)   7. BRIGGS, Wesley Wilken,   b. Abt 1826,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. BRIGGS, Elizabeth L.,   b. Abt 1828,   d. 1864  (Age ~ 36 years)   9. BRIGGS, Teressa,   b. Abt 1829, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. BRIGGS, James Thompson,   b. 22 Oct 1829, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 4 Jul 1915, Ainsworth, Nebraska  (Age 85 years)   11. BRIGGS, John S.,   b. 19 Mar 1831, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Sep 1846, Indiana  (Age 15 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  It is said that Sarah was a distant cousin to President Abraham Lincoln. She was buried next to her husband in Matlock Cemetery in Wabash, Indiana. The 1850 Noble Township, Wabash Co., Indiana stated that Sarah, age 56, could not read or write.