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Sarah Jane Stafford was born to Stephen Stafford and Mary Hannah Carmen on September 18, 1824. She became the second wife of William C. McClard on or about March 19, 1845 in Macon Co, TN. This was her first marriage. She was about 15 years younger than William C. They had two children together. Caleb Carmen McClard and Mary Francis McClard.
After William C. McClard died, Sarah married her stepson Joseph McClard. Together they produced Hannah McClard that married Joseph B. Walker (my great grandparents); Stephen Seth that married Martha Ellen Hesson; Nancy Adeline McClard - married Ezekiel P. Dunn, H. Grant Williams & Marcus Lafayette Cates. Sarah V. McClard married Conley Sullivan. Their last child was Joseph Alexander McClard that married Mary Elizabeth Bennett & Louisa N. Strickland.
After Joseph McClard died in TN, Sarah Jane, now a widow for the 2nd time, moved to Hot Spring Co, AR area from Macon Co, TN around 1871-72 with her McClard children & other McClard kinfolk.
Sarah was the "grande dame" and matriarch of a majority of McClard descendants currently in this area. She passed away 21 Oct 1906 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery with headstone in Section:Garden 16, Lot 7, Southwest plot (SW) per Selected Cemeteries, caretakers of Greenwood Cemetery, Hot Springs, AR. ~ Warren
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Joseph McClard fathered: Daughter, Hannah McClard-Walker; Son, Stephen Seth McClard - FAG memorial 13251525; Daughter, Nancy A. McClard-Dunn-Williams-Cates - FAG memorial 5310707; Sarah V. McClard-Sullivan; Joseph Alexander McClard.
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1824 - 1906 (82 years)
