52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 42: Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" in her blog post Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #42:

Sarah (Feather) Carringer (1804-1848) is #49 on my Ahnentafel list, my third great-grandmother.  She married in about 1825 to #48 Henry Carringer (1800-1879).

I am descended through:

*  their son, #24, David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902), who married Rebecca Spangler (1831-1901) in 1851.

*  their son, #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), who married #13 Abbie Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944) in 1887.

*  their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918. 

* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.

*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Name:                       Sarah Feather [1]
*  Alternate Name:     Sarah Carringer [1, 2]
*  Sex:                          Female   

*  Father:                      Cornelius Feather (1777-1853) [1]   
*  Mother:                    Mary Partridge (ca 1790- ca 1855)   
  
2)  INDIVIDUAL FACTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

*  Birth:                      7 June 1804, Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States [2]
*  Death:                     9 April 1848 (age 43), Perry, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [2]
*  Burial:                    after 9 April 1848 (after age 43), Perry, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States [2]

3)  SPOUSES AND CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):   

*  Spouse 1:               Henry Carringer (1800-1879) [2]
*  Marriage:               before 1825 (before about age 21), Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States[1]

*  Child 1:                  Eliza Carringer (1827-1914)   
*  Child 2:                  David Jackson "D.J." Carringer (1828-1902)   
*  Child 3:                  George Carringer (1832-1880)   
*  Child 4:                  Cornelius A. Carringer (1834-1916)   
*  Child 5:                  Mary Carringer (1835-1908)   
*  Child 6:                  Sarah Carringer (1837-    )   
*  Child 7:                  Henry Carringer (1839-1864)   
*  Child 8:                  Louisa M. Carringer (1842-    )   
*  Child 9:                  Matilda Spangler Carringer (1845-1911)   
*  Child 10:                Harvey Carringer (1848-1870)   
  
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets) - updated July 2025:   

Sarah (Feather) Carringer was born 7 June 1804 to Cornelius Feather and Mary Partridge, probably in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Sarah was the oldest child, and had siblings: John Feather (1804-1848), George Feather (1808-1890), and Mary Ann Feather (1815-1855).

The only available record for Sarah’s birth date was in the Kelso Farm Cemetery records.[2]

There is no marriage record available for Henry Carringer and Sarah Feather. Henry Carringer married Sarah Feather (1804-1848) in about 1825 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Henry was the son of Martin and Maria Magdalena “Molly” (Houx) Carringer. There first child was born in June 1827, so an estimated marriage date of "about 1825" seems appropriate. Henry would have been age 25 in 1825, and Sarah would have been age 21.

They had ten children[1]:

• Eliza Carringer, born 1 June 1827, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married John Robinson, 11 November 1858, Mercer, Pennsylvania; died 13 June 1914, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.

• David Jackson "D.J." Carringer, born 4 November 1828, Greenville, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married Rebecca Spangler, 16 October 1851, Mercer, Pennsylvania; died 20 January 1902, San Diego, San Diego, California.

• George W. Carringer, born about 1832, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married Mary C. Hirt, before 1864, probably Mercer, Pennsylvania; died before 23 October 1880, Louisa, Iowa.

• Cornelius A. Carringer, born 7 December 1834, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, ; married Elizabeth Green, 11 February 1859, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married Nancy Elizabeth Donaldson, 17 July 1871, Mercer, Pennsylvania; died 18 March 1916, Randolph, Crawford, Pennsylvania.

• Mary Carringer was born in November 1835 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, never married, died on 3 January 1908 at the age of 72 in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado,

• Sarah Carringer was born in about 1837 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, never married, and died before 1870 in Louisa County, Iowa.

• Henry Carringer was born about 1839 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, died on 26 December 1862 at the age of 23 in Perry Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania

• Louisa M. Carringer was born about 1842 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, never married, and died after 1881 in Louisa County, Iowa.

• Matilda Spangler Carringer, born April 1845, Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania; married John Spencer Moore, 16 October 1867, Washington, Iowa; died 29 January 1911, Everett, Snohomish, Washington.

• Harvey M. Carringer was born about 1848 in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, died on 26 November 1870 at the age of 22 in Columbus City, Louisa, Iowa, United States.

Between 1827 and 1848, Sarah gave birth to ten children, and all of them lived to adulthood, although two died as young men.

Sarah (Feather) Carringer died on 9 April 1848, and is buried in Kelso Cemetery, Perry township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.[2] The record says:

"Sarah Carringer, June 7, 1804- Apr 9, 1848, in the 44th y of her age"

This is in a short list of "Additional names from the state library at Harrisburg, Copier unknown" in the Mercer County Gravestone Inscriptions books for Kelso Cemetery.[2] Apparently, these persons are buried in Kelso Cemetery in Hadley.

The writ of partition in the estate records of Cornelius Feather in Mercer County filed in 1855 identifies Sarah as the wife of Henry Carringer. A portion of the writ says:[1]

"...that your petitioner's said father Cornelius Feather lately died intestate leaving him surviving a widow since Dec^d and Issue, your petitioner and George Feather, and also the Issue of two Daughters of said Cornelius Feather towit, Cornelius A., and Ester Ann Milner, children of Mary Milner who was formerly Mary Feather, and said Ester Ann Milner being a miner and having no Guardian; and Eliza, David J., George W., Cornelius A., and Mary Carringer and Sarah, Henry, Loisa M., Matilda S. and Harvy M Carringer, all children of Sarah Carringer intermarried with Henry Carringer who was formerly Sarah Feather, of whom Sarah, Henry, Loiza, Matilda and Harvy are miners and have no Guardian chosen. "

The children of Sarah (Feather) Carringer received $89.95 to divide between them from the estate of their maternal grandfather.

5)  SOURCES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

1. "Pennsylvania, Probate Records, 1683-1994," digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org), Mercer County, "Mercer County Orphans Court Docket, 1850-1858," Volumes D-E, "Petition for writ of partition" entry for Cornelius Feather, 20 August 1855, Volume E, Pages 148-150 (images 408/409 of 684); citing original records on FHL microfilm US/CAN 878,977.


2. Loretta Barker DeSantis, Sally Glaser Dufford, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Cemetery Inscriptions, 16 Volumes  (n. p. : Mercer County [Pa.] Genealogy Society, n.d.), Volume 8. page 47, Sarah Carringer (1804-1848) entry.

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