1837 Sarah Hughes Crawford: (1 Aug 1800-3 Jan 1837)
Sarah Hughes, born in Nelson County, Kentucky, has in her family tree some of the earliest pioneers of Randolph County. Her grandfather, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio River in 1774, as the story is retold in the 1875 Historical Atlas of Randolph County.
In 1800, Sarah's father, 23 year old James Hughes returned to Kentucky and married Rachel Hall where their daughter Sarah was born. James and Rachel returned to Illinois with baby Sarah and settled on the "Hughes Place." The location is said to be in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sect. 1 Township 6 S. Range 7 W. on Nine Mile Creek. The Hughes Cemetery is on a prominent ridge approx. 1,000 feet due South of the estimated location of the Hughes Place. The original home of Sarah's grandparents, Thomas and Martha Hughes was referred to as "the old Hughes place" and was located 1/2 mile East of Ellis Grove.
In 1817, seventeen year old Sarah married Samuel Crawford who had just come from Tennessee the year before. They eventually settle at the South end of Opossumden Prairie about a half mile NW of Blair. Over the next 14 years, Sarah bore seven children and then died January 3rd, 1837 at age 36. We do not know the exact cause of death but perhaps not coincidentally, the Sudden Freeze of 1836 had hit just two weeks earlier.
Samuel and Sarah's daughter Malinda married Ephraim Morris in April of the same year as her mother's death. Malinda's new father in law, William Morris carved the grave stone for Sarah Hughes Crawford from sandstone quarried on the Morris farm located 1 1/2 miles North of Blair on the old Chester Rd. Her gravestone is located in the old part of Union Cemetery, directly West of Henry Morris and behind John McDill.
Sarah Hughes, born in Nelson County, Kentucky, has in her family tree some of the earliest pioneers of Randolph County. Her grandfather, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio River in 1774, as the story is retold in the 1875 Historical Atlas of Randolph County.
In 1800, Sarah's father, 23 year old James Hughes returned to Kentucky and married Rachel Hall where their daughter Sarah was born. James and Rachel returned to Illinois with baby Sarah and settled on the "Hughes Place." The location is said to be in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sect. 1 Township 6 S. Range 7 W. on Nine Mile Creek. The Hughes Cemetery is on a prominent ridge approx. 1,000 feet due South of the estimated location of the Hughes Place. The original home of Sarah's grandparents, Thomas and Martha Hughes was referred to as "the old Hughes place" and was located 1/2 mile East of Ellis Grove.
In 1817, seventeen year old Sarah married Samuel Crawford who had just come from Tennessee the year before. They eventually settle at the South end of Opossumden Prairie about a half mile NW of Blair. Over the next 14 years, Sarah bore seven children and then died January 3rd, 1837 at age 36. We do not know the exact cause of death but perhaps not coincidentally, the Sudden Freeze of 1836 had hit just two weeks earlier.
Samuel and Sarah's daughter Malinda married Ephraim Morris in April of the same year as her mother's death. Malinda's new father in law, William Morris carved the grave stone for Sarah Hughes Crawford from sandstone quarried on the Morris farm located 1 1/2 miles North of Blair on the old Chester Rd. Her gravestone is located in the old part of Union Cemetery, directly West of Henry Morris and behind John McDill.
1837 Sarah Hughes Crawford: (1 Aug 1800-3 Jan 1837)
Sarah Hughes, born in Nelson County, Kentucky, has in her family tree some of the earliest pioneers of Randolph County. Her grandfather, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio River in 1774, as the story is retold in the 1875 Historical Atlas of Randolph County.
In 1800, Sarah's father, 23 year old James Hughes returned to Kentucky and married Rachel Hall where their daughter Sarah was born. James and Rachel returned to Illinois with baby Sarah and settled on the "Hughes Place." The location is said to be in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sect. 1 Township 6 S. Range 7 W. on Nine Mile Creek. The Hughes Cemetery is on a prominent ridge approx. 1,000 feet due South of the estimated location of the Hughes Place. The original home of Sarah's grandparents, Thomas and Martha Hughes was referred to as "the old Hughes place" and was located 1/2 mile East of Ellis Grove.
In 1817, seventeen year old Sarah married Samuel Crawford who had just come from Tennessee the year before. They eventually settle at the South end of Opossumden Prairie about a half mile NW of Blair. Over the next 14 years, Sarah bore seven children and then died January 3rd, 1837 at age 36. We do not know the exact cause of death but perhaps not coincidentally, the Sudden Freeze of 1836 had hit just two weeks earlier.
Samuel and Sarah's daughter Malinda married Ephraim Morris in April of the same year as her mother's death. Malinda's new father in law, William Morris carved the grave stone for Sarah Hughes Crawford from sandstone quarried on the Morris farm located 1 1/2 miles North of Blair on the old Chester Rd. Her gravestone is located in the old part of Union Cemetery, directly West of Henry Morris and behind John McDill.
Sarah Hughes, born in Nelson County, Kentucky, has in her family tree some of the earliest pioneers of Randolph County. Her grandfather, Thomas Hughes, was killed by Indians crossing the Ohio River in 1774, as the story is retold in the 1875 Historical Atlas of Randolph County.
In 1800, Sarah's father, 23 year old James Hughes returned to Kentucky and married Rachel Hall where their daughter Sarah was born. James and Rachel returned to Illinois with baby Sarah and settled on the "Hughes Place." The location is said to be in the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 Sect. 1 Township 6 S. Range 7 W. on Nine Mile Creek. The Hughes Cemetery is on a prominent ridge approx. 1,000 feet due South of the estimated location of the Hughes Place. The original home of Sarah's grandparents, Thomas and Martha Hughes was referred to as "the old Hughes place" and was located 1/2 mile East of Ellis Grove.
In 1817, seventeen year old Sarah married Samuel Crawford who had just come from Tennessee the year before. They eventually settle at the South end of Opossumden Prairie about a half mile NW of Blair. Over the next 14 years, Sarah bore seven children and then died January 3rd, 1837 at age 36. We do not know the exact cause of death but perhaps not coincidentally, the Sudden Freeze of 1836 had hit just two weeks earlier.
Samuel and Sarah's daughter Malinda married Ephraim Morris in April of the same year as her mother's death. Malinda's new father in law, William Morris carved the grave stone for Sarah Hughes Crawford from sandstone quarried on the Morris farm located 1 1/2 miles North of Blair on the old Chester Rd. Her gravestone is located in the old part of Union Cemetery, directly West of Henry Morris and behind John McDill.
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IN Memory, of, Sarah, crawford Wife , of , Samuel , Crawford Born.aug, 1 , 1800 Died Jan 3th 1837 A , 36 . Y , 5 . m
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