Sources are not in agreement on Sarah's birth year. 1885 is the year on her death certificate, but other records throughout her lifetime suggest various earlier years. The 1910 census supports 1882 as the birth year.
Sarah's first marriage was to Jehu Jennings Richards (or John J. Richards). Sources are not in agreement on her husband's name. A record has been found for a marriage between Sarah Patrick (Patrick was the surname of her step-father) and John J. Richards in 1897 in McDowell County, West Virginia. They lived in West Virginia in 1904 when their son, Francis Douglas Richards, was born. In 1910 they lived in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her husband was a coal miner. (Note: His first name was Jehu on the delayed birth certificate of his son, but it was John in the 1910 census.)
On November 27, 1911, Sarah married Joe L. Carson in Sebastian County, Arkansas. It is unknown why they married in Arkansas. At that time Sarah gave her address as Dallas, and Joe gave his address as Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Sarah was the widow of Joe L. Carson when she married Hugh A. Davis on February 4, 1929. The 1930 census for Dallas identifies Sarah as Hugh's wife. According to The Dallas Morning News she had been divorced from Hugh about three years before she was murdered. For more information see The Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1934.
Sarah's first marriage was to Jehu Jennings Richards (or John J. Richards). Sources are not in agreement on her husband's name. A record has been found for a marriage between Sarah Patrick (Patrick was the surname of her step-father) and John J. Richards in 1897 in McDowell County, West Virginia. They lived in West Virginia in 1904 when their son, Francis Douglas Richards, was born. In 1910 they lived in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her husband was a coal miner. (Note: His first name was Jehu on the delayed birth certificate of his son, but it was John in the 1910 census.)
On November 27, 1911, Sarah married Joe L. Carson in Sebastian County, Arkansas. It is unknown why they married in Arkansas. At that time Sarah gave her address as Dallas, and Joe gave his address as Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Sarah was the widow of Joe L. Carson when she married Hugh A. Davis on February 4, 1929. The 1930 census for Dallas identifies Sarah as Hugh's wife. According to The Dallas Morning News she had been divorced from Hugh about three years before she was murdered. For more information see The Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1934.
Sources are not in agreement on Sarah's birth year. 1885 is the year on her death certificate, but other records throughout her lifetime suggest various earlier years. The 1910 census supports 1882 as the birth year.
Sarah's first marriage was to Jehu Jennings Richards (or John J. Richards). Sources are not in agreement on her husband's name. A record has been found for a marriage between Sarah Patrick (Patrick was the surname of her step-father) and John J. Richards in 1897 in McDowell County, West Virginia. They lived in West Virginia in 1904 when their son, Francis Douglas Richards, was born. In 1910 they lived in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her husband was a coal miner. (Note: His first name was Jehu on the delayed birth certificate of his son, but it was John in the 1910 census.)
On November 27, 1911, Sarah married Joe L. Carson in Sebastian County, Arkansas. It is unknown why they married in Arkansas. At that time Sarah gave her address as Dallas, and Joe gave his address as Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Sarah was the widow of Joe L. Carson when she married Hugh A. Davis on February 4, 1929. The 1930 census for Dallas identifies Sarah as Hugh's wife. According to The Dallas Morning News she had been divorced from Hugh about three years before she was murdered. For more information see The Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1934.
Sarah's first marriage was to Jehu Jennings Richards (or John J. Richards). Sources are not in agreement on her husband's name. A record has been found for a marriage between Sarah Patrick (Patrick was the surname of her step-father) and John J. Richards in 1897 in McDowell County, West Virginia. They lived in West Virginia in 1904 when their son, Francis Douglas Richards, was born. In 1910 they lived in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma. Her husband was a coal miner. (Note: His first name was Jehu on the delayed birth certificate of his son, but it was John in the 1910 census.)
On November 27, 1911, Sarah married Joe L. Carson in Sebastian County, Arkansas. It is unknown why they married in Arkansas. At that time Sarah gave her address as Dallas, and Joe gave his address as Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
Sarah was the widow of Joe L. Carson when she married Hugh A. Davis on February 4, 1929. The 1930 census for Dallas identifies Sarah as Hugh's wife. According to The Dallas Morning News she had been divorced from Hugh about three years before she was murdered. For more information see The Dallas Morning News, July 3, 1934.
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