Sarah Katherine "Sadie" (Taylor) White was known as Sadie, Sarah, and Katherine (sometimes spelled Catherine). Her death certificate and newspaper obituary lists her name as Katherine S. White. She appears as Sadie in the 1910 and 1920 Census, as Catherine in the 1930 Census, and as Sarah C. in the 1940 Census. Her children's death and marriage certificates offer various names and spellings. Sarah Katherine married Thomas Hill White at the age of 16 (actual age, 15) on August 26, 1899 as Sadie Taylor. Her parents were Lemuel Freeman Taylor and Sophia Ann Foy. Sarah's first child, Ivey, was born in 1900. He died in early childhood. Doris (later known as Dorothy), her only daughter, was born in 1906. Sarah and Thomas' other sons were Odell Radford, Leon Elwood, Aubrey Lemuel, Murray Ellsworth, and Harry Lee White. When Sarah and Thomas' children were growing up, they lived in Raleigh, Snow Hill, Pink Hill, Kinston, and New Bern, North Carolina as Thomas was a Conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. In 1944, at the time of Sarah's death, she and Thomas were living in Raleigh, and she was survived by her husband, her daughter, her four sisters, and five sons.
Sarah Katherine "Sadie" (Taylor) White was known as Sadie, Sarah, and Katherine (sometimes spelled Catherine). Her death certificate and newspaper obituary lists her name as Katherine S. White. She appears as Sadie in the 1910 and 1920 Census, as Catherine in the 1930 Census, and as Sarah C. in the 1940 Census. Her children's death and marriage certificates offer various names and spellings. Sarah Katherine married Thomas Hill White at the age of 16 (actual age, 15) on August 26, 1899 as Sadie Taylor. Her parents were Lemuel Freeman Taylor and Sophia Ann Foy. Sarah's first child, Ivey, was born in 1900. He died in early childhood. Doris (later known as Dorothy), her only daughter, was born in 1906. Sarah and Thomas' other sons were Odell Radford, Leon Elwood, Aubrey Lemuel, Murray Ellsworth, and Harry Lee White. When Sarah and Thomas' children were growing up, they lived in Raleigh, Snow Hill, Pink Hill, Kinston, and New Bern, North Carolina as Thomas was a Conductor for the Norfolk Southern Railroad. In 1944, at the time of Sarah's death, she and Thomas were living in Raleigh, and she was survived by her husband, her daughter, her four sisters, and five sons.
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