Sarah "Sally" Word

1796 - 1881  (84 years)

• Name	Sarah "Sally" Word  [1]
  Born	26 Aug 1796	Halifax County, Virginia   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Feb 1881	Marion, Illinois   [3, 4]
  Buried	Fredonia Cemetery, Odin, Marion, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I8234	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	John Word,   b. 22 Sep 1738, New Kent County, Virginia ,   d. 1 Aug 1821, Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Frances "Fanny" Collins,   d. Aft 1821, Tennessee
  Married	9 Nov 1799	Pittsylvania, Virginia   [5, 6]
  Family ID	F3216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Wilshire McHaney,   b. 23 Mar 1790, Pittsylvania, Virginia ,   d. 18 Sep 1851, Marion, Illinois  (Age 61 years)
  Married	23 Mar 1812	Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee   [1, 7, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Mary Ann McHaney,   b. 12 Apr 1817, Wilson, Tennessee ,   d. Aft 1880, Gibson County, Tennessee  (Age > 64 years)
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F4401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Her grave says that she died on 22 Feb 1881, age 84 years, 5 months, and 27 days, which yields a birthdate of 22 Sep 1796. This is over three years before the 1799 marriage date for her parents given in two different ancestry.com-hosted indices of Virginia marriages.

  
  

• Sources

  [S107] Tennessee Marriages to 1825, compiled by Jordan Dodd, on ancestry.com. [S1083] Findagrave.com page for Sarah "Sally" Word McHaney. [S1083] Findagrave.com page for Sarah "Sally" Word McHaney., date and state only. [S1305] www.mchaney.org, via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. [S106] Virginia Marriages, 1660-1800, compiled by Jordan Dodd, on ancestry.com. [S3630] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, on ancestry.com. [S1084] Findagrave.com page for William Wilshire McHaney., date, county, and state only. [S3629] Find a Grave page for Charles Word., year only.