New Gravestone for Sarah Townsend Patterson (1817-1896) ( my husband's 3rd gr-grandmother )

A new photo was presented online yesterday at www.findagrave.com for Sarah Townsend Patterson, also known as "Sallie".  She is buried at the Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery in Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia.  

 

Obituary

page 3, Col. 5 of Cherokee Advance papers, 1880-1938).  

Mrs. "Hix" Patterson was killed by a train at Talking Rock last Wednesday. She was between 70 and 80 years of age, a faithful wife, a kind devoted mother and a cheerful, christian women. 

 

Additional background on Sarah:

Sarah was married to Hicks Kelly "Hix" Patterson (1816-1904) around 1836 in Cherokee County, Georgia. 

 

They had 10 children:

     1.) Ezekial Dillard Patterson (1839-1862)     m. May 10, 1860  -  Louisa Adeline Morris (1835-1906)

     2.) Thomas Edward Patterson (1842-1878)  m. Jan 15, 1866 - Zenoma Zephroney Taylor (1848-1880)

     3.) Etheldred "Dread" Patterson (1844 - ?)    m. aft. 1881  - Jane Lawson

     4.) Ary Patterson (1849 - ?)   (not known if she married or lived to adulthood)

     5.) Asa David Patterson (1850 - 1935)         m. Mar 18, 1869 - Cynthia Ray (1848-1887)

                                                                         m.  Mar 1889 - Florence Amanda Haney (1875- bef 1910)

                                                                         m.  Abt. 1910 - Amanda Curtis

     6.) Susanna Elizabeth Patterson (twin) (1851 - ?)    m.  Abt. 1863 -  Elias Robert Allred (1845-1898)

*   7.) Anna Patterson (twin) (1851-1937)         m. Jul 24, 1872 - James L. Mann (1852-1891)

     8.) Kimsey Hill Patterson (twin) (1854-1924)   m. 1876 - Sara Elizabeth Spence (1854-1931)

     9.) Nancy Patterson (twin) (1854-1928)  m. Jul 24, 1872 - Thomas J. Compton (1851-1935)

   10.) Amanda Patterson  (1858 - ?)   (not known if she married or lived to adulthood)

   

 * Our ancestor