Individual Details
Sarah Delilah Bailey
(OCTOBER 12, 1847 - MARCH 20, 1925)
Events
| Birth | OCTOBER 12, 1847 | Butler Co., AL |  |  | |
| Census | DECEMBER 14, 1850 | 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Leven Township, Butler County, AL | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1865 | Return of Brother from Civil War, TX | | | |
| Marriage | JULY 22, 1877 | Butler County, AL - Henry A. Duncan | | | |
| Census | JUNE 16, 1880 | 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Butler County, AL | | | |
| Census | JUNE 30, 1900 | 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Bastrop County, TX | | | |
| Census | JANUARY 2, 1920 | 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Coryell County, TX | | | |
| Death | MARCH 20, 1925 | Turnersville, Coryell Co., TX | | | |
| Burial | MARCH 21, 1925 | Turnersville Cemetery, Turnersville, Coryell County, TX | | | |
| Alt name | Sarah Delilah Duncan | |
Families
| Spouse | Henry A. Duncan (1850 - 1908) |
| Child | Zuela Duncan (1878 - 1908) |
| Child | Beulah Irene Duncan (1880 - 1933) |
| Child | Bethel Duncan (1883 - 1938) |
| Child | Anna Duncan (1886 - 1983) |
| Father | Isaac Bailey (1812 - 1901) |
| Mother | Rachel Rebecca Knowles (1820 - 1904) |
| Sibling | Jefferson Bailey ( - ) |
| Sibling | Isaac Edward Bailey (1857 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Melvinia Bailey (1838 - ) |
| Sibling | John Thomas Bailey (1845 - 1923) |
| Sibling | James Bailey (1850 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary E. Bailey (1850 - 1900) |
| Sibling | Amanda Bailey (1860 - ) |
| Sibling | Lucinda Bailey (1860 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Rachel Bailey (1861 - ) |
| Sibling | Joseph L. Bailey (1862 - 1930) |
| Sibling | Celren Bailey (1873 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Her birthdate is given as Oct., 1847 on the 1900 Bastrop Co., TX Census.Her birth date is given as 10-12-1847 and her place of birth is given as Butler Co., AL on her death certificate.
Census
The 1850 Butler Co., AL Census, page 243, for Leven Township shows the following household:Sarah Bailey, age 35, born in GA; Martha, age 14, born in AL; Malvina, age 12, born in AL; Elizabeth, age 10, born in AL; Amanda, age 8, born in AL; Lelie, age 7, born in AL; Mary, age 4, born in AL, and Sarah, age 4, born in AL and Moses Harrison, age 24, born in FL.
This could be Sarah D. Bailey's family.
Miscellaneous
The day her brother, John T. Bailey returned from the Civil War, she was working with a spinning wheel and loom in a separate log building from the house. When she looked up and saw "Brother John" as she called him walk past the window, she screamed and threw up her hands sending her shuttle into the rafters. They never found the shuttle so John carved a new one for "Miss Sally' as he called his sister, Sarah. John had been in a Union prison camp and had to walk home at the end of the war. It took him so long to get back home the family had about given him up for dead.Marriage
Sarah D. Bailey was a neighbor.The marriage certificate is issued to H.A. Duncan, age 27, and Sarah D. Baily, age 29, on 7-18-1877 by J.L. Powell, Judge of Probate. The marriage was performed by J. H. Slaygers, Justice of the Peace, on 7-22-1877 at the home of James H. McKinzie.
Census
The 1880 Butler Co., AL Census, page 338C for McBrides Beat 6, Greenville Beat 13, Enumeration District 37, Supervisor District 4 shows:Sarah Dunkin, wife,age 29, born in AL, both parents born in AL.
She is living in the same household as her husband, Henry A. Dunkin, age 30, born in AL, both Parents born in AL; and these children: Sarah, age 6, born in AL; Jesse B., age 5, born in AL; and Zula, age 2, born in AL. Parents of all children were born in AL.
Census
The 1900 Bastrop Co., TX Census, page 112A, Precinct 2, Enumeration District 5 shows:Sarah D. Duncan, wife, born Oct 1847, age 52, married 23 years, 4 of 5 children living, born in AL, father born in GA, mother born in AL She is living with her husband, Henry A.Duncan and children: Zula,age 22, born in AL; Bulah, age 19, born in AL; Bethel, age 16, born in TX; and Anna, age 14, born in TX. Parents of the children were born in AL.
Census
The 1920 Coryell Co., TX Census, page 2A for Precinct 8 shows:Sarah D. Duncan, head, age 72,widow,born in AL, father born in GA, mother born in AL
Bethel, son, age 36, single, born in TX, father born in AL, mother born in AL.
Precinct 8 of Coryell Co. includes the Turnersville area.
Death
Coryell Co., TX Death Certificate #401, filed 3-21-1925, states that Sarah D. Duncan died 3-20-1925 at Turnersville, TX. due to acute apoplexy. Other information states burial was 3-21-1925 at Turnersville Cemetery; father's name , Isaac Bailey; and mother's name not given. Informant was Bethel Duncan, her son.Burial
She is buried in the family plot, lot D 70, on the south side of the Turnersville Cemetery. A new marker with Sarah D., dates 1847-1925, and Henry A. with dates 1850-1908 and the name Duncan above was placed at the time of her death.Endnotes
1. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
2. 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com., Anna Duncan Lawrence lists both parents born in Alabama..
3. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
4. Jane Winfree Beattie, Duncan Family Research by Jane Winfree Beattie, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Beaumont, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
5. Peggy Duncan, Duncan Family Research by Peggy Duncan, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Seguin, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
6. 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
7. Knowla Lee Stewart Morrow, Duncan Family Research by Knowla Stewart Morrow, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Fort Worth, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
8. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
9. Jane Winfree Beattie, Duncan Family Research by Jane Winfree Beattie, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Beaumont, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
10. Peggy Duncan, Duncan Family Research by Peggy Duncan, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Seguin, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
11. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Family Info: Henry A. Duncan Family Information, Edition: 1874, Translated out of the Original Greek (American Bible Society, New York, 1874).
12. 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
13. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
14. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Record Type: microfilm image, Ancestry.com Website, www.ancestry.com..
15. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
16. Cemetery Marker, Record Type: Personal Observation, Reader: Sherry Lawrence (2000).
17. Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, Record Type: State of Texas, FamilySearch Website, www.familysearch.org..
18. Cemetery Marker, Record Type: Personal Observation, Reader: Sherry Lawrence (2000).
19. Evelyn Johnson Lawrence, Family History, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Gatesville, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (2002), Family History Compiled by Evelyn Lawrence from personal communications, family bibles,etc..
20. Peggy Duncan, Duncan Family Research by Peggy Duncan, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Seguin, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
21. Jane Winfree Beattie, Duncan Family Research by Jane Winfree Beattie, Recipient: Sherry Lawrence, Author Address: Beaumont, TX, Recipient Address: Gatesville, TX (May, 2003).
22. Marriage Certificate, Record Type: Marriage Certificate.