Sarah (Jackson) McPherson 1788-1871
Wife of Moses Morris McPherson (1790-1869). Marriage may have been February 24 or 27, 1813/1818 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont. (per My Heritage family tree and marriage record for "Moses W. Farson to Sally Jackson")
Her father may be Asa Jackson. (per My Heritage family tree)
Census September 11, 1850: Moses McPherson, 60, and Sarah McPherson, 62, lived in Canton, St. Lawrence, NY. Included in the household were Lovina McPherson, 20; Cephas, 23; Rosina Borland [Boulin], 21 and Sarah Borland [Boulin], under age 1.
Census June 26, 1860: Morris McPherson, 70, b. Vermont and Sarah McPherson, 72, b. Massachusetts, lived in Peshtigo, Oconto, Wisconsin with boarder Frank Barley, age 22, b. Wisconsin.
"On another farm in the Upper Sugar Bush, a settler named Adnah Newton first realized that the woods fires were out of control when he heard a distant roaring that grew rapidly closer and louder . . . he decided that the barn might offer more protection than the house . . . He herded his wife into it, along with their fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Augusta Bartels, and Mrs. Newton's eighty-four-year-old mother, Mrs. Sally McPherson . . . Certain that the barn would soon catch fire, he ordered everyone outside. Mrs. Newton and Augusta took off across a field. Mrs. McPherson, too old and weary to flee even for her life, lingered near the barn . . . her body was found near the barn the next day" (Embers of October by Robert W. Wells; p. 78).
Sarah (Jackson) McPherson 1788-1871
Wife of Moses Morris McPherson (1790-1869). Marriage may have been February 24 or 27, 1813/1818 in Richmond, Chittenden, Vermont. (per My Heritage family tree and marriage record for "Moses W. Farson to Sally Jackson")
Her father may be Asa Jackson. (per My Heritage family tree)
Census September 11, 1850: Moses McPherson, 60, and Sarah McPherson, 62, lived in Canton, St. Lawrence, NY. Included in the household were Lovina McPherson, 20; Cephas, 23; Rosina Borland [Boulin], 21 and Sarah Borland [Boulin], under age 1.
Census June 26, 1860: Morris McPherson, 70, b. Vermont and Sarah McPherson, 72, b. Massachusetts, lived in Peshtigo, Oconto, Wisconsin with boarder Frank Barley, age 22, b. Wisconsin.
"On another farm in the Upper Sugar Bush, a settler named Adnah Newton first realized that the woods fires were out of control when he heard a distant roaring that grew rapidly closer and louder . . . he decided that the barn might offer more protection than the house . . . He herded his wife into it, along with their fourteen-year-old granddaughter, Augusta Bartels, and Mrs. Newton's eighty-four-year-old mother, Mrs. Sally McPherson . . . Certain that the barn would soon catch fire, he ordered everyone outside. Mrs. Newton and Augusta took off across a field. Mrs. McPherson, too old and weary to flee even for her life, lingered near the barn . . . her body was found near the barn the next day" (Embers of October by Robert W. Wells; p. 78).
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