Aged 57 years 11 months 21 days
Wife of John Bayless
Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Jacob and Jane Marsh Stonecipher. The family name came from Steinseiffer - later Stonesifer, Stonecypher, and Stonecipher. The early family lived in eastern Germany or Prussia (Oberschelden, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen). The name Steinseiffer meant "stone cutter". The men worked as miners and metal workers. The family were affiliated with the German Reformed church. It has been written that the family emigrated from Germany as they opposed universal conscription into the army.
Stonecipher descendents were recorded in the provinces of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia Colony. Possibly, part of the Germana immigrants who became miners, metal workers, and blacksmiths.
She married John Bayless on July 12, 1855, in Tennessee. Sarah Stonecipher married "the boy next door" as she lived on the farm next to the Bayless farm. They first lived in Carter County, Tennessee. They had 15 children. One died as an infant. Possibly, John farmed tobacco. Family lore tells that he also had a still for moonshine. Sarah insisted that he stop making moonshine and move to Kansas. The story is told that in Kansas he continued to produce liquor, but the still was built further from the house out of sight from Sarah. Many of the children moved with the parents to the farm in Melvern, Kansas. Several sons farmed with their father, John. The farm remained in the Bayless family until the early 2000s.
Sarah died on the farm in Melvern and is buried in the Melvern Cemetery. The infant son Absalom predeceased her.
Wife of John Bayless
Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Jacob and Jane Marsh Stonecipher. The family name came from Steinseiffer - later Stonesifer, Stonecypher, and Stonecipher. The early family lived in eastern Germany or Prussia (Oberschelden, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen). The name Steinseiffer meant "stone cutter". The men worked as miners and metal workers. The family were affiliated with the German Reformed church. It has been written that the family emigrated from Germany as they opposed universal conscription into the army.
Stonecipher descendents were recorded in the provinces of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia Colony. Possibly, part of the Germana immigrants who became miners, metal workers, and blacksmiths.
She married John Bayless on July 12, 1855, in Tennessee. Sarah Stonecipher married "the boy next door" as she lived on the farm next to the Bayless farm. They first lived in Carter County, Tennessee. They had 15 children. One died as an infant. Possibly, John farmed tobacco. Family lore tells that he also had a still for moonshine. Sarah insisted that he stop making moonshine and move to Kansas. The story is told that in Kansas he continued to produce liquor, but the still was built further from the house out of sight from Sarah. Many of the children moved with the parents to the farm in Melvern, Kansas. Several sons farmed with their father, John. The farm remained in the Bayless family until the early 2000s.
Sarah died on the farm in Melvern and is buried in the Melvern Cemetery. The infant son Absalom predeceased her.
Aged 57 years 11 months 21 days
Wife of John Bayless
Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Jacob and Jane Marsh Stonecipher. The family name came from Steinseiffer - later Stonesifer, Stonecypher, and Stonecipher. The early family lived in eastern Germany or Prussia (Oberschelden, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen). The name Steinseiffer meant "stone cutter". The men worked as miners and metal workers. The family were affiliated with the German Reformed church. It has been written that the family emigrated from Germany as they opposed universal conscription into the army.
Stonecipher descendents were recorded in the provinces of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia Colony. Possibly, part of the Germana immigrants who became miners, metal workers, and blacksmiths.
She married John Bayless on July 12, 1855, in Tennessee. Sarah Stonecipher married "the boy next door" as she lived on the farm next to the Bayless farm. They first lived in Carter County, Tennessee. They had 15 children. One died as an infant. Possibly, John farmed tobacco. Family lore tells that he also had a still for moonshine. Sarah insisted that he stop making moonshine and move to Kansas. The story is told that in Kansas he continued to produce liquor, but the still was built further from the house out of sight from Sarah. Many of the children moved with the parents to the farm in Melvern, Kansas. Several sons farmed with their father, John. The farm remained in the Bayless family until the early 2000s.
Sarah died on the farm in Melvern and is buried in the Melvern Cemetery. The infant son Absalom predeceased her.
Wife of John Bayless
Sarah was the daughter of Samuel Jacob and Jane Marsh Stonecipher. The family name came from Steinseiffer - later Stonesifer, Stonecypher, and Stonecipher. The early family lived in eastern Germany or Prussia (Oberschelden, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Nordrhein-Westfalen). The name Steinseiffer meant "stone cutter". The men worked as miners and metal workers. The family were affiliated with the German Reformed church. It has been written that the family emigrated from Germany as they opposed universal conscription into the army.
Stonecipher descendents were recorded in the provinces of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia Colony. Possibly, part of the Germana immigrants who became miners, metal workers, and blacksmiths.
She married John Bayless on July 12, 1855, in Tennessee. Sarah Stonecipher married "the boy next door" as she lived on the farm next to the Bayless farm. They first lived in Carter County, Tennessee. They had 15 children. One died as an infant. Possibly, John farmed tobacco. Family lore tells that he also had a still for moonshine. Sarah insisted that he stop making moonshine and move to Kansas. The story is told that in Kansas he continued to produce liquor, but the still was built further from the house out of sight from Sarah. Many of the children moved with the parents to the farm in Melvern, Kansas. Several sons farmed with their father, John. The farm remained in the Bayless family until the early 2000s.
Sarah died on the farm in Melvern and is buried in the Melvern Cemetery. The infant son Absalom predeceased her.
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