Note- haven't located daughter Clara & Florance
LAST NAME: Curtis
FIRST NAME: Sarah "Sadie" Diantha Gardner
AGE: 89
CAUSE OF DEATH: cerebral hemorrhage
GENDER: Female
HAIR:
EYES:
HEIGHT:
CEMETERY: Saint David Cochise County AZ USA
BIRTH DATE: September 9, 1852
BIRTH PLACE: Payson Utah County UT USA
DATE DIED: Aril 2, 1942
DEATH PLACE: Tuscon Pima County AZ USA - at her daughter's home
FATHER: Elias Gardner 4/2/1808 Vernon Oneida County NY USA - 2/15/1891 Glenwood Sevier County UT USA FAG 17696271
MOTHER: Diantha Hanchett Gardner Oct. 17, 1830 Erie Erie County PA USA - 11/17/1902 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA
SIBLINGS:
1. F Betsy Ann Gardner Coons 1/5/1850 Salt Lake City SLC County UT USA - 10/22/1874 Richfield Sevier UT USA
2. F Sarah "Sadie" Diantha Gardner 9/9/1852 Payson Utah County UT USA - 4/2/1942 Thatcher Graham County AZ USA She was named Sarah after Abraham's wife in the Bible and Diantha after her mother. Nickname Sadie or Sade
3. F Susan Lucretia Gardner 9/25/1856 Payson Utah County UT USA - 6/23/1938 Thatcher Graham County AZ USA
4. M Joseph Gardner 12/27/1858 Payson Utah County UT USA - 1/18/1859
5. M James Gardner 10/30/1860 Payson Utah County UT USA - 5/20/1867
6. M Marilla Gardner 4/19/1863 Payson Utah County UT USA - 11/13/1891
7. M Nathaniel Gardner 7/15/1868 Benjamin Utah County UT USA - 7/18/1934 Idaho Falls Bonneville County ID USA
SPOUSE: Joseph "Dode" Nahum Curtis 8/8/1848 Pottawattamie County IA USA (married 1/17/1870 Salt Lake City Salt Lake UT USA) - 7/26/1925 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA FAG 21500644
CHILDREN:
1. F Sarah Diantha Curtis 4/2/1871 Salem Utah County UT USA - 8/8/1877 Salem Utah County UT USA FAG 84312727
2. F Charlotte Iris Curtis Hoopes 1/9/1873 Salem Utah County
UT USA m. George Aurthur Hoopes 12/23/1890 - 1/5/1937 Thatcher Graham County AZ USA FAG 48003935
3. F Lillie Curtis Nov. 23, 1874 m. Joseph Hyrum Rollins (1863 - 1940) - 8/29/1960 Mesa Maricopa County AZ USA FAG 62677106
4. F Florance Curtis (1876-1964)
5. F Chloe Curtis 1/9/1879 - 8/9/1880 Salem Utah County UT USA FAG 91859103
6. M Joseph Nahum Curtis 8/5/1881 - 2/11/1977 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA FAG 21500609
7. M Milton Curtis 1/4/1884 m. Alice May (1893-1977) - 12/13/1978 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA FAG 21500794
8. M Erastus Curtis 3/27/1886 - 5/8/1886 Died from croup FAG 21500514
9. F Elsie Luella Curtis Matteson 10/18/1887 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA m. Lestina Earl (1888-1976) - 10/16/1973 Tempe Maricopa County AZ USA FAG 22249969
10.F Clara Edna Curtis (1890-1986)
11.F Nora Visalia Curtis 6/12/1892 - 7/8/1935 Saint David
Cochise County AZ USA Died of pneumonia FAG 21500815
12.M William Warren Elias Curtis 11/18/1894 - 7/8/1916 Saint David Cochise County AZ USA Killed in electrical storm FAG 21500846
HOBBIES:
OCCUPATION: first counselor in the Relief Society at fifteen years old and she held the position for twelve years. At sixteen years old, Sadie became a school teacher. One of the first school teachers in Payson.
MILITARY SERVICE: No
AWARDS:
SOURCES: LDS chruch records, Erastus birth certificate, headstones A book written about Sarah Diantha Gardner Curtis that was published in 1967. The book is called Life is a Fulfilling. The Story of a Mormon Pioneer Woman -- Sarah Diantha Garder Curtis. It was written by Olive Kimball Mitchell who is a Grand daughter of Sarah, and was a BYU English Professor.
Note: Mormon polgamist family

The Lyman Curtis family lived in nearby Pondtown (now called Salem). This is where Sadie met Joseph Nahum Curtis, who was called Dode. They enjoyed parties and dances, dancing the popular round dances (waltzes) of the day, which her father frowned upon. They dated each other for over two years and when Dode asked Sadie's father for her hand in marriage, he at first said no. But he finally consented and they were married in the Endowment House in Salt Lake City on January 17, 1870. Sadie was eighteen and Dode was 24. He also married her sister, Marilla. Their sister Susan and Susan's half-sister Ellen Elizabeth had married Samuel B. Curtis.

Sadie was well acquainted with most of the historic people of this rough town, including Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday and others. Many children came into their family. Sadie gave birth to twelve children. She also raised her sister Marilla's children after she died.

REMARKS:Error on birth certificate lists Herself as her mother and John N. Curtis, her husband, as her father.
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Arizona Death Certificate:
Name: Sarah D. Curtis
Death Date: April 2, 1942
Death Place: Tucson, Pima, AZ
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 89 yrs
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: Sept. 1851
Birthplace: Salem, Utah
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Joseph N. Curtis
Father's Birthplace: Utah
Mother's Name: Sarah D. Gardner
Mother's Birthplace: Utah
Occupation: At home
Place of Residence: Arizona
Cemetery:
Burial Place: St. David, Ariz.
Burial Date:4/5/42