Sarah Byerly

(1783 - December 9, 1848)
Sarah Byerly|b. 1783\nd. Dec 9, 1848|p66.htm|Michael Byerly|d. Jul 22, 1829|p216.htm|Anna Maria Harmon|b. Jul 2, 1762\nd. Apr 12, 1848|p788.htm|Andrew Byerly|b. Jun 26, 1713\nd. 1775|p789.htm|Beatrice Kuhl|d. 1755|p790.htm|Christian Harmon|b. about 1728\nd. Feb 17, 1779|p800.htm|Christina M. Lenhard|b. about 1728\nd. May 4, 1820|p801.htm|

Relationship=3rd great-grandmother of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Charts on which this person appears:
Rev. Don E. Smith, Sr. Family Tree
Sarah
relict of Abraham Lenhart
Died Dec. 9, 1848
Gravestone inscription:
"As runs the glass, Man's life doth pass."
(rest was illegible)


     Sarah Byerly was born in 1783 in Hempfield (now Penn) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Michael Byerly and Anna Maria Harmon.2

Sarah married Abraham Lenhart, son of Christian Lenhart Sr. and Anna Maria Heindel, in 1804.3

She became a widow when her husband, Abraham, died on February 22, 1838.2

Sarah died on Saturday, December 9, 1848.2 An alternate, but incorrect listing of her death as having been 1843, was found in the Iowa Lenhart Family Reunion notes of 1998.3 She was laid to rest in the Brush Creek Cemetery in Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Her grave is located on the slopping hillside below the original brick church. Abraham's grave is next to hers.4

Children of Sarah Byerly and Abraham Lenhart

Citations

  1. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn: Lenhart family reunion notes. Lenhart Ancestry - recorded in Irvin's Public Library Assc., Irvin, Penn. USA. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  2. [S220] Barbara White (Miller), Chronicles of the Blacks, the Lenharts, the Borens ( Barbara White (Miller), 1991). Hereinafter cited as Chronicles of the Blacks, the Lenharts, the Borens.
  3. [S3] Compiled by Doug & Gloria Lenhart with contributions by Grace Elda (Lenhart) Smith / Harriet Deahl / and other family members, "1998 Lenhart Family Reunion Notes", Washington State Department of Health (1998) Some portions recorded in Irvin Public Library, Irvin, Penn. Hereinafter cited as "1998 Lenhart Reunion."
  4. [S16] Cemetery Marker/Gravestone , Brush Creek Cemetery, 127 Altar Lane, Irwin, PA 15642-8025. Hereinafter cited as "Cemetery Marker."
  5. [S218] Baptisms, p. 68-70, Brush Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, N. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA: #605, p.35, (1792-1858), Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Hereinafter cited as Brush Crk Ev Lth Ch,Westmd.Co., PA.
  6. [S218] Baptisms, p. 68-70, Brush Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, N. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA: #856, p.50, (1792-1858), Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Hereinafter cited as Brush Crk Ev Lth Ch,Westmd.Co., PA.
  7. [S218] Baptisms, p. 68-70, Brush Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, N. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA: #1053, p.61, (1792-1858), Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Hereinafter cited as Brush Crk Ev Lth Ch,Westmd.Co., PA.
  8. [S218] Baptisms, p. 68-70, Brush Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, N. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA: #1118, p.65, (1792-1858), Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Hereinafter cited as Brush Crk Ev Lth Ch,Westmd.Co., PA.
  9. [S218] Baptisms, p. 68-70, Brush Creek Evangelical Lutheran Church, N. Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co., PA: #1170, p.68, (1792-1858), Susan Noyes' Research Compilation, Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA. Hereinafter cited as Brush Crk Ev Lth Ch,Westmd.Co., PA.
 


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