Sarah Ann Davis b. 1819

/ Kirstin Miller

Sarah Davis, my 3rd great grandma on RootsMagic tree.

Sarah Davis was born in Virginia, probably to Pleasant and Sarah Horton Davis, the 6th of 7 kids. On April 18, 1833 in Jackson, Ohio Sarah married Jacob Miller. Sarah’s siblings were in Jackson, Ohio too, and possibly her mom. Sarah and Jacob had one child Mary, in Ohio, then moved to Elkhart, Indiana. They farmed and had 9 more kids.

Miller, Jacob and Sarah Ann Davis
Jacob and Sarah Davis Miller, public photo on Ancestry

Sarah’s husband Jacob died in 1854, the same year their 9th child was born. On the 1860 Sarah lived and farmed in Elkhart, Indiana, a widowed mom, 46 years old with 5 younger kids at home. Jake was the oldest, he farmed, the younger kids, aged 14 to 8 years old attended school.

On the 1870 census Sarah and children lived in Black Hawk County, Iowa, near Janesville and the Cedar River, closer to older daughter Mary and her family in Nashua, Iowa. On the 1880 census Sarah had real estate, a farm, valued at $1700, her son William and granddaughter Ellen Mitchell lived with her. Sarah’s neighbors were farmers, carpenters, a physician, a teacher and day laborers; born in New York, California, England, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Iowa.

Sarah died April 8, 1888 at age 74 and is buried at Oakland Cemetery in Janesville, Iowa.

Sarah Horton Davis, Sarah’s mom has a published family history, A tabulation of the descendants of Joseph Horton : a soldier of the American Revolution. Sarah is not mentioned in this book, her siblings are. The book was published in 1873 then updated in 1929. It’s a leap, but I think probable that this Sarah and her sons named Pleasant and Horton in the same locations, same time, is a daughter of Pleasant and Sarah Horton Davis. I think it’s not a proven fact, but probable.

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