Sarah Sharp Dickson
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 15 Jan 1819 - Rutherford Co., Tennessee Christening: Death: 25 Mar 1892 - Benton Co., Arkansas ( at age 73) 2 Burial: in Woods Cem., LIttle Flock, Benton Co., Arkansas Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Allen McCurdy (Abt 1808 - 1837) Marriage: Abt 1835 - Arkansas (Benton Co.) 1 Children: 1. Robert Dickson McCurdy (1836-1908) 2. John Braithwaite (23 Jul 1811 - 18 Jun 1890) Marriage: 23 Oct 1843 - (Benton Co., Arkansas)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:
In 1840 Sarah is a widow with one child of her own and stepchildren. She does not have a census entry of her own. She may be living in Benton Co., Arkansas (or nearby) with her father Robert Dickson. He does not appear to be in the 1840 census.
OBITUARY:
Find-a-Grave Memorial # 18918375:
Braithwaite, Sallie- It is with regret that we chronicle the death of Aunt Sallie Braithwaite who passed this last Friday afternoon at one o'clock. It has only been a short time since her companion went over the river and was waiting to meet his loving wife. Aunt Sallie was a God-fearing Christian woman and was loved by all. She had been sick a long time and could but welcome the grim messenger who came to call her to her reward.[Benton County Democrat 3/31/1892]
Sarah was the daughter of Robert Dickson 1773-1849 and Esther Moses Moore 1775-?
MIDDLE NAME:
A biographical sketch of her son Robert Dickson McCurdy written by one of his great-great-granddaughters says that she was Sarah Sharp Dickson. The death certificate of Mrs. Sarah Ester Walker (died Apr 18, 1920 in Benton Co.) says that her father was John Braithwait, born in England, and that her mother was Sarah Sublett, born in Tennessee.
The normal interpretation of the death certificate is that Sarah's maiden name was Sublett, but that is incorrect. The most probable explanation is that the informant was confused and thought that her maiden name was Sublett. 'Sublett' is usually a surname.
However, in a typed copy of the Braithwaite Family Bible she is identified as "Sarah Sublett Dickson born in the year of our Lord, Jan. 15, 1819".
The Bible says that John Braithwaite was born July 23, 1811 at Burton Agnes, England and that he and Sarah Dickson McCurdy were married Oct. 23, 1843.
The Bible can be seen at the following website (image 232/773):
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9XH-G8C1?i=231
1 Benton County Heritage Committee, History of Benton County, Arkansas, 1991, pg 621.
2 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 18918375.
3
Northwest Arkansas Genealogical Society, Cemeteries of Benton County, Arkansas, vol IV, pg 46.
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