Sarah Osborne/Osborn Ashley

Family: Parents, Siblings

1850 Census Ashe Co., N.C.

The 1850 census below shows Sarah Osborn, age 8, born about 1842, in N.C. with her parents, William and Margaret Osborn. Also listed are four of her siblings, Enoch, Benjamin, Ann, and Nancy Osborn.

Name: Wm Osborn
Age: 31
Estimated birth year: abt 1819
Birth Place: North Carolina
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Ashe, North Carolina
Family Number: 1063
Household Members: Name Age
Wm Osborn 31
Margaret Osborn 30
Enoch Osborn 10
Sarah Osborn 8
Benjn Osborn 6
Ann Osborn 4
Nancy Osborn 1
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Family, Parents, Siblings,

1860 Census North Fork, Ashe Co., N.C.

In the 1860 census below, Sarah Osborn has moved out and has gotten married. The census show other additional sibling born after the last census of 1850.

Name: William Osborn
Age in 1860: 41
Birth Year: abt 1819
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: North Fork, Ashe, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: North Fork
Household Members: Name Age
William Osborn 41 *
Martha Osborn 40 * Martha Margaret Farmer Osborn
Benjamin Osborn 15
Ann Osborn 14
Nancy Osborn 12
John Osborn 10
Jude Osborn 8
Larkin Osborn 1
Mary Graybeal 7
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Family, Parents, Siblings

1870 Census Laurel, Ashe Co., N.C.

Name: William Osburn
Birth Year: abt 1820
Age in 1870: 50
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1870: Laurel, Ashe, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: North Fork
Household Members: Name Age
William Osburn 50 *
Margaret Osburn 48 *
John S Osburn 19
Jane Osburn 16
Sarkin Osburn 11 * Larkin
Alpha Osburn 7 (female)
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* 1880 Census Laurel, Ashe Co., N.C.

Sarah Osborne Ashley's Father, William Osborne is a widow and he has a grandson and a granddaughter residing in the household with him.
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* Brother: Larkin Osborne
* SEE D.C.
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-Sarah Osborne Ashley-

Born in 1840, Ashe County, N.C., Sarah Osborne Ashley was the daughter of William Osborne and Martha Margaret Farmer Osborne. (Mother may also have gone by the name "Peggy")

Sarah Osborne married Larkin Ashley, in Ashe County, N.C., on July 1, 1859.

Husband: Larkin Ashley

She and Larkin had 7 sons, and then followed by two daughters.

The sons of Sarah and Larkin were David A. "Dave" Ashley, Elihu "Hugh" Ashley, John L. Ashley, William E. Ashley, Thomas Larkin Ashley, Milton "Milt" Jerome Ashley, and James "Jim" Ashley.

Son: Elihu "Eli or Hugh" Ashley

Son: James "Jim" Ashley

Son: Milton "Milt" G. Ashley

Son: John L. Ashley

The first daughter born of Sarah Osborne Ashley and Larkin Ashley was Martha Alice "Mattie" Ashley Isaacs.

The last daughter born, was thier last born.

Daughter: Sarah Ann "Dolly" Ashley Holtsclaw

On March 6, 1890, Avery County, N.C., Sarah Osborne Ashley, still married, died from breast cancer, at the age of 50.

* For more information in detail of the life of Sarah Osborne Ashley and her husband, Larkin Ashley, please read the pages of Larkin Ashley. Also, more information is included in thier son, John L. Ashley's Memorial Page.

* Thank you so very much to Phaedra for providing the nice photos of my Ashley Ancestors' Marker Stones here at the Ashley Cemetery in Avery County, N.C.

- Children -

William E. Ashley - At the present time, I do not know what happened with William E. Ashley, after he left his parents home.