Individual Details
Sarah "Sally" Wishard
(6 Oct 1817 - 9 Apr 1905)
License granted 29 Feb 1844, for marriage to Nathaniel Owens, same day of marriage by Giles Holmes, Minister of the Gospel.
Sarah Owens claimed her share of her parents' estate in 1851.
She is in the 1900 Census as Sarah Owens, Jackson, Shelby Co, IN, age 82. Living with Noah Hunt, age 47, and Sarah P. Hunt, age 46 (her daughter), and Elva A. Hunt, age 17, grandchild.
1902 Columbus, IN City Directory
Rural Route Directory
Owens, Sarah E. (wid Nathaniel) boards Sephen Owens
Owens, Stephen, Lona, Susie Q., Nettie A., Nellie E., Claude H., 6 miles North
Her gravestone pictured on Ancestry has her date of death - Apr. 9, 1905
She was aged 87 years, 5 months, 29 days.
Indiana Death Certificate 224
Sarah Owens died 9 April 1905 of intestinal catarrh which she had for some 10 years. She died in Shelby Co. and was a widow. She was born 10 Oct 1817 in Kentucky. Parents were Abraham Wishard and Sarah Reynolds, their birthplace unknown. The informant was Noah Hunt of the town of Edinburg. She was buried at Flat Rock on April 11th.
Events
| Birth | 6 Oct 1817 | Fleming County, Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 19 Oct 1837 | Shelby County, Indiana - Alpha Hill | | ||
| Marriage | 29 Feb 1844 | Shelby County, Indiana - Nathaniel Owens | | ||
| Death | 9 Apr 1905 | ||||
| Burial | Flatrock Baptist Cemetery, Clifford, Bartholemew County, Indiana |
Families
| Spouse | Alpha Hill (1817 - 1843) |
| Child | Mary Ann Hill (1839 - ) |
| Spouse | Nathaniel Owens (1800 - 1885) |
| Child | John Quincy Adams Owens (1845 - 1906) |
| Child | Hannah M. Owens (1847 - 1925) |
| Child | Morgan A. Owens (1849 - 1901) |
| Child | Sarah Pence "Pency" Owens (1853 - 1926) |
| Child | James F. Owens (1855 - 1931) |
| Child | Lavina Jane Owens (1858 - 1900) |
| Father | ABRAHAM "ABRAM" WISHARD (1779 - 1843) |
| Mother | SARAH "SALLY" REYNOLDS (1783 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Wishard (1807 - 1889) |
| Sibling | John R. Wishard (1808 - 1877) |
| Sibling | Elvira Wishard (1811 - 1847) |
| Sibling | Frances Wishard (1813 - 1901) |
| Sibling | William Wishard (1815 - 1866) |
| Sibling | Mary Wishard (1820 - ) |
| Sibling | Susannah Lytle Wishard (1822 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Stewart Wishard (1825 - 1906) |
| Sibling | ROBERT THOMAS WISHARD (1829 - 1907) |
Endnotes
1. Karen Glasser Research. Cleota "Bunny" Stiles FTM File 12/20/97. Correspondence with Karen, March 2002, to include copies of selected pages from her privately prepared manuscript "William: Wishart-Wishard 1729-1814", 1996..
2. Indiana State Library Online, Indiana Marriages Through 1850 (http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html).
3. Shelby Co IN Marriages, Vol 4-6, 1839-1856. (LDS Microfilm #1401800), Vol. 5, p.104..
4. Marjorie A. Beals, GEDCOM, Wishard Family