Individual Details
Sarah Ann "Sally" Walters
(Jan 1824 - 13 Nov 1878)
Sarah married 17 Oct 1839 to Robert T. Rushing.
1850 Benton Co TN: Robert T. Rushing age 39, Sarah age 27. Thomas 16, William 8, Jane 6, Elizabeth 4, Mary 3/12. James Helms, age 22, living with them; probably a farm hand. [Information below indicates Thomas was age 10, not 16, in 1850.]
Information about the Rushing family came from Early Settler Biographies, Benton Co, TN; submitted by Dallas Greer from the files of Norma Watson to www.rootsweb.com:
Robert T. Rushing was a son of Abel Rushing & Sarah Jane Herrin, and a brother to Jemima Rushing that married Sally's brother Obadiah Walters.
Robert T. Rushing born 29 Feb 1812, died 21 Feb 1854, Benton Co TN.
Sarah "Sallie" Walters Rushing died 21 Feb 1854, Benton Co TN.
Children were Thomas J., born 1840; William L. b. 1842; America Jane b. 1844, married James C. Lindsey; Elizabeth b. 1846, Mary B. b. 1850, married William H. Brummit.
Events
| Birth | Jan 1824 |  | |||
| Death | 13 Nov 1878 | Benton County, Tennessee |
Families
| Father | William Walters (1775 - 1839) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Ball (1787 - 1824) |
| Sibling | Jane Walters (1805 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucy Walters (1806 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Walters (1808 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Martha Jane "Patsy" Walters (1810 - 1880) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Walters (1811 - 1856) |
| Sibling | William Walters (1813 - 1885) |
| Sibling | Spencer Walters (1814 - 1846) |
| Sibling | Joel Walters (1815 - 1836) |
| Sibling | Nancy Walters (1817 - 1840) |
| Sibling | John Walters (1818 - 1863) |
| Sibling | Robert Walters (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Obadiah Walters (1822 - 1883) |
Endnotes
1. Walters Family Bible. Transcribed 16 Oct 1978 by Gay Hampton Rusk. At that time the Bible was in possession of Mrs. Mable Alessi of Little Rock, AR. Copy by email from Camilla Laughlin