The only child of Missouri Hackleman by her first husband, George Mason, Sara (referred to as 'Sarah' in nearly all records), was born in Indiana, likely at Rushville.
She was raised at Rushville, where in 1885 she married attorney and judge William J. Henley Sr., and bore him three children: daughters June and Gladys; and a son, William J. Henley II.
Recorded there on the 1900 census with their children, four years later her husband accepted a position as solicitor and acting president of two Chicago-based railroad companies, and the family moved to that city.
The 1910 census shows her at Chicago with her husband and children as well as her stepfather, John Megee, and her half-brother, Edwin Megee (whose names are transposed on that census).
Sara divorced her husband for desertion at Chicago on 31 Jan 1912. He remarried ten days later; Sara did not remarry.
She divided her time between Chicago and Rushville, where her youngest daughter, Grace (Mrs. H. L. Mauzy) was soon living. Local papers are filled with reports of Sara's foreign and domestic travel with her stepfather and siblings, her children and grandchildren--many of them taken in her 'machine' as automobiles were referred to in those days. She would have been a rarity at the time as women then seldom owned an auto, much less drove one. Hers was stolen in 1920 while attending the opera at Indianapolis, but was later recovered.
The 1920 census records her living at Rushville, but she cannot be located anywhere on the 1930 census.
In 1926 she took her grandson David Mauzy to Bermuda. They returned on May 4th; the available passenger list incorrectly shows their residence as 'Rushville, New York,' and Ancestry transcribers decided they were both born in India, instead of Indiana.
Sara died in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs at the end of December, 1939. Online searches failed to find an obituary, but Rushville's 'Daily Republican' revealed that her funeral was held at Rushville on December 31st, and among the attendees was her former sister-in-law, Annie (Mrs. Samuel) Newsom.
She was raised at Rushville, where in 1885 she married attorney and judge William J. Henley Sr., and bore him three children: daughters June and Gladys; and a son, William J. Henley II.
Recorded there on the 1900 census with their children, four years later her husband accepted a position as solicitor and acting president of two Chicago-based railroad companies, and the family moved to that city.
The 1910 census shows her at Chicago with her husband and children as well as her stepfather, John Megee, and her half-brother, Edwin Megee (whose names are transposed on that census).
Sara divorced her husband for desertion at Chicago on 31 Jan 1912. He remarried ten days later; Sara did not remarry.
She divided her time between Chicago and Rushville, where her youngest daughter, Grace (Mrs. H. L. Mauzy) was soon living. Local papers are filled with reports of Sara's foreign and domestic travel with her stepfather and siblings, her children and grandchildren--many of them taken in her 'machine' as automobiles were referred to in those days. She would have been a rarity at the time as women then seldom owned an auto, much less drove one. Hers was stolen in 1920 while attending the opera at Indianapolis, but was later recovered.
The 1920 census records her living at Rushville, but she cannot be located anywhere on the 1930 census.
In 1926 she took her grandson David Mauzy to Bermuda. They returned on May 4th; the available passenger list incorrectly shows their residence as 'Rushville, New York,' and Ancestry transcribers decided they were both born in India, instead of Indiana.
Sara died in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs at the end of December, 1939. Online searches failed to find an obituary, but Rushville's 'Daily Republican' revealed that her funeral was held at Rushville on December 31st, and among the attendees was her former sister-in-law, Annie (Mrs. Samuel) Newsom.
The only child of Missouri Hackleman by her first husband, George Mason, Sara (referred to as 'Sarah' in nearly all records), was born in Indiana, likely at Rushville.
She was raised at Rushville, where in 1885 she married attorney and judge William J. Henley Sr., and bore him three children: daughters June and Gladys; and a son, William J. Henley II.
Recorded there on the 1900 census with their children, four years later her husband accepted a position as solicitor and acting president of two Chicago-based railroad companies, and the family moved to that city.
The 1910 census shows her at Chicago with her husband and children as well as her stepfather, John Megee, and her half-brother, Edwin Megee (whose names are transposed on that census).
Sara divorced her husband for desertion at Chicago on 31 Jan 1912. He remarried ten days later; Sara did not remarry.
She divided her time between Chicago and Rushville, where her youngest daughter, Grace (Mrs. H. L. Mauzy) was soon living. Local papers are filled with reports of Sara's foreign and domestic travel with her stepfather and siblings, her children and grandchildren--many of them taken in her 'machine' as automobiles were referred to in those days. She would have been a rarity at the time as women then seldom owned an auto, much less drove one. Hers was stolen in 1920 while attending the opera at Indianapolis, but was later recovered.
The 1920 census records her living at Rushville, but she cannot be located anywhere on the 1930 census.
In 1926 she took her grandson David Mauzy to Bermuda. They returned on May 4th; the available passenger list incorrectly shows their residence as 'Rushville, New York,' and Ancestry transcribers decided they were both born in India, instead of Indiana.
Sara died in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs at the end of December, 1939. Online searches failed to find an obituary, but Rushville's 'Daily Republican' revealed that her funeral was held at Rushville on December 31st, and among the attendees was her former sister-in-law, Annie (Mrs. Samuel) Newsom.
She was raised at Rushville, where in 1885 she married attorney and judge William J. Henley Sr., and bore him three children: daughters June and Gladys; and a son, William J. Henley II.
Recorded there on the 1900 census with their children, four years later her husband accepted a position as solicitor and acting president of two Chicago-based railroad companies, and the family moved to that city.
The 1910 census shows her at Chicago with her husband and children as well as her stepfather, John Megee, and her half-brother, Edwin Megee (whose names are transposed on that census).
Sara divorced her husband for desertion at Chicago on 31 Jan 1912. He remarried ten days later; Sara did not remarry.
She divided her time between Chicago and Rushville, where her youngest daughter, Grace (Mrs. H. L. Mauzy) was soon living. Local papers are filled with reports of Sara's foreign and domestic travel with her stepfather and siblings, her children and grandchildren--many of them taken in her 'machine' as automobiles were referred to in those days. She would have been a rarity at the time as women then seldom owned an auto, much less drove one. Hers was stolen in 1920 while attending the opera at Indianapolis, but was later recovered.
The 1920 census records her living at Rushville, but she cannot be located anywhere on the 1930 census.
In 1926 she took her grandson David Mauzy to Bermuda. They returned on May 4th; the available passenger list incorrectly shows their residence as 'Rushville, New York,' and Ancestry transcribers decided they were both born in India, instead of Indiana.
Sara died in the Chicago suburb of Western Springs at the end of December, 1939. Online searches failed to find an obituary, but Rushville's 'Daily Republican' revealed that her funeral was held at Rushville on December 31st, and among the attendees was her former sister-in-law, Annie (Mrs. Samuel) Newsom.
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