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Notes for Sarah Jane Kelso
She is believed to be the first of the Kelso children born inOhio. Tombstone information from Winterset Cemetery, Madison County,Iowa indicates Sarah Abrahams died July 11, 1884 aged 88 yrs, 1 mo. and 16 days (If this is correct, her birth date should have been 1796, not 1806 as is shownin these records). The Kelso family bible gives her birthdate as 25 March 1806.
Both Sarah and her husband were illiterate and signed their names with an "X". This may account for some of the confusion around their dates of birth.
Her marriage record comes from LICKING COUNTY OHIO MARRIAGES1808-1875, p. 2, published 1984 by the Licking County Genealogical Society.
Her son, James, reports that he was the ninth of elevenc hildren. If there was another child in this family, he/she was likely born after 1850 and died before 1860 since only ten children appear in census records.
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1796 - 1884 (88 years)
