Sarah P. (Martin) Burkes (1825 - 1903)

Born Dec 1825 in Russell, Virginia, United States

Wife of Archibald R. Burke — married 22 Dec 1841 in Russell, Virginia, United States

Died 1903 at about age 77 in North Fork Magisterial District, Washington, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Native Virginian

The Life Summary of Sarah P. (Martin) Burke:

Sarah P. Martin was born to James Martin & Margette (Price) Martin with five (5) brothers and sisters.

Sarah married Archibald Burke on 22 December 1841 in Russell, Virginia, United States.^[1]

They had thirteen (13) children.^[2]

She lived in Russell, Virginia in 1850 with her husband and four (4) children.^[3]

In 1860, she still lived in Russell, Virginia, United States, with her husband, Archibald, but with three (3) more children.^[4]

In 1870. she lived in Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, United States, with Archibald, and three (3) more children.^[5]

By 1880, Sarah was calling her husband, Arthur, and they had moved to North Fork Magisterial District, Washington, Virginia, United States.^[6]

On 22 Nov 1893, her husband, Archer, passed away in Washington, Virginia, United States.^[7]

In 1900, Sarah had moved to North Fork District (Greendale & Whit's Mill Precincts), Washington, Virginia, United States with a daughter and grand-daughter living with her.^[8]

Sarah died at age 77 in Russell, Virginia, United States.^[9]

Sarah P. Martin is my fourth (4) cousin four (4) times removed on the maternal side of my father's family.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/CM12-ZL8
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/CM12-ZL8: Family Members.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DG-GW9 : 23 December 2020), Sarah T Burk in household of Archer Burk, Russell, Russell, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM3-6CJ : 18 February 2021), Sally P Burk in entry for Archer Burk, 1860.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-WXF : 29 May 2021), Sarah Burk in entry for Archer Burk, 1870.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCR8-RX9 : 29 December 2021), Sallie P. Burk in household of Arthur Burk, North Fork Magisterial District, Washington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
7. ↑ "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRQM-WZT : 29 January 2020), Sallie P. Burke in entry for Archer Burke, 1893.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ6-F9Z : accessed 3 January 2022), Sallie Burk, North Fork District (Greendale & Whit's Mill Precincts), Washington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 120, sheet 18A, family 327, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,731.
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/timeline/CM12-ZL8
10. ↑ Kimberly Whitt Lindsay