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Sarah Jane Stapp Poe

Birth
Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA
Death
1864 (aged 22–23)
Conway County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
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Memorial ID
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Sarah was born to William "Bill" Stapp (Memorial ID #56370698) and Milley F. (Stegall) Stapp (Memorial ID #56370555). She (aged 14) married John Washington Poe (Memorial ID #61277119) on 26 July 1855 in St. Clair County, Alabama and they had one daughter, Frances Evelyn "Effie" Poe in 1858 (Memorial ID #66738295).

Sarah's husband John, enlisted in August 1862 into the Confederate Arkansas Troops, 10th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (drawn from the counties of Cleburne, Conway, Perry, and Van Buren) and served until the end of the Civil War. Per the US Census of 1860, Sarah and John resided in Muddy Bayou, Conway County, Arkansas and the nearest post office was Cane Creek, Arkansas.

Her cause of death, from the facts page of a public Poe Family Tree (Ancestry.com), states she backed up to a fire with a baby in arms and her dress caught fire.
⌦ This contributor has been unable to find actual place of burial, so anyone knowing this data, please advise. ⌫

Sarah was born to William "Bill" Stapp (Memorial ID #56370698) and Milley F. (Stegall) Stapp (Memorial ID #56370555). She (aged 14) married John Washington Poe (Memorial ID #61277119) on 26 July 1855 in St. Clair County, Alabama and they had one daughter, Frances Evelyn "Effie" Poe in 1858 (Memorial ID #66738295).

Sarah's husband John, enlisted in August 1862 into the Confederate Arkansas Troops, 10th Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (drawn from the counties of Cleburne, Conway, Perry, and Van Buren) and served until the end of the Civil War. Per the US Census of 1860, Sarah and John resided in Muddy Bayou, Conway County, Arkansas and the nearest post office was Cane Creek, Arkansas.

Her cause of death, from the facts page of a public Poe Family Tree (Ancestry.com), states she backed up to a fire with a baby in arms and her dress caught fire.


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