I have in my family tree, Sarah Sparks born 1820 in Pennsylvania, living in Darke County Ohio. Her father was Andrew Sparks. She is listed in his household in the 1850 census at the age of 30. Her parents died and I find her living in her brother Eason's household in the 1860 census. Then I cannot find her anymore.
On the Sparks family Association website, they say she married Isaac Sebring. There are marriage records for a Sarah Sparks to Isaac Sebring in Darke county in 1947. So I can see why they made that connection. But there are problems: There are census records for Isaac and Sarah Sebring in Darke County in 1850, and then in Missouri in 1860,1870 and 1880.
MY Sarah Sparks was living with her father Andrew in 1850 according to the census and with her brother Eason in 1860 according to that census.
As you can see, I have crossover with a "Sarah" being in her father's household in 1850 as well as in Isaac Sebring's that same year. (They married in 1947) And Sarah is listed in her brother Eason's household in 1860, as well as there being a Sarah in Isaac Sebring's the same year and following years. Since she cannot be in two places at the same time, I must assume there are two different Sarahs and I need to determine which one actually married Isaac Sebring. If it is indeed Sarah, the daughter of Andrew/sister of Eason, why was she listed in the Sebring household as well as her father's and brother's? If it is a different Sarah Sparks who married Isaac Sebring, I cannot find her origins.
Having done extensive searches throughout all my internet sources, I cannot find another Sarah Sparks born in Pennsylvania in 1820 AND living in Darke County in 1847 who could be the one who married Isaac Sebring. There was one who was born in 1817 and according to Find-a-Grave, she was Sarah, previously married to a man named Parks -- which would make sense because the 1850 census for the Sebring household lists several younger people named Parks which appear to be siblings (based on age) and a couple of them could be her children from a previous marriage.
A major problem for me is that if MY Sarah, born to Andrew and appearing in his household at age 30 in the 1850 census is NOT the Sarah who married Isaac Sebring, then what happened to MY Sarah after the 1860 census where she appears in Eason's household?
If anyone can help shed light on this for me, I would be most grateful. I have spent hours and hours trying to sort it out and am spinning my tires.
Thank you in advance if you can offer any clarification for me.
My tree:
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/17773174/person/676926093Sparks Family Association showing her marriage to Isaac Sebring
http://www.sparksfamilyassn.org/pages/Marriages-OH.htmlDarke County Marriage records
http://www.dcoweb.org/marriage/s.htmCensus records for Sarah in the Sparks families:
1850
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenan...1860
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenan...Census records for Sebring family:
1850
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1850usfedcenan...1860
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1860usfedcenan...Find-a-Grave record for Sarah Sebring:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Se...;