Sarah Ellen Huffman ^{1 2 3 4}

  General Notes:

Most of the birth, marriage, and death records for her children show their mother's name as "Sarah E. Huffman" instead of Sarah Bowers that many other researchers show as her name. I suspect that she may have been previously married to a Bowers before she married Jacob Darner. Either she was previously married or else all researchers showing her name as Bowers are wrong and no source citations have ever been provided to prove her parentage or a marriage to a Bowers.

Her death certificate indicates her father's name as Jacob Huffman and her spouse's name as Darner. The death certificate's informant was her son William.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1900 US Census in Union Township, Muskingum County, OH on 12 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 63, Family 85
Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 19 years
Sarah E. Darner..Wife..Nov 1862..37..OH..5/5

(Living with husband and 6 children.)
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• She appeared on the 1910 US Census in Union Township, Muskingum County, OH on April 1910. ²

1910 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 81, Family 89
Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Ellen S. Darner..Head..47..OH..Widowed
Maggie L. Darner..Daughter..17..OH
Lewis D. Darner..Son..8..OH

(Sarah was widowed and living with 2 children.)
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• Death Image: 7 March 1916, in Norwich, OH. ³ Name: Sarah Ellen Darner
Age: 53
Death Date: 07 Mar 1916
Death Place: Norwich, Muskingum, Ohio
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Housekeeper
Father's Name: Jacob Huffman
Mother's Name: Anna Shrigley
Birth Date: 08 Nov 1862
Birthplace: Washington Twp., Musk. Co.
Burial Date: 09 Mar 1916
Burial Place: Sonora, O.
Cemetery: St. Paul Lutheran Cemetery
Record Number: 732

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8N7-S81 : 8 March 2021), Sarah Ellen Darner, 07 Mar 1916; citing Norwich, Muskingum, Ohio, reference fn 20751; FHL microfilm 1,983,647.
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• She was buried on 9 March 1916 in the Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery in Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Sonora, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.

Find A Grave Memorial #77740653. ^{3 4}

Sarah married Jacob Darner, son of Isaac Darner and Periann Wisecarver, about 1881.¹ (Jacob Darner was born in February 1856 in Sonora, OH,^{1 5 6 7 8} died on 12 November 1907 in Norwich, OH ^{7 8} and was buried after 12 November 1907 in Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery, Sonora, Muskingum, Ohio, United States ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Union Township, Muskingum County, OH on 12 June 1900. ¹

1900 US Census
Sheet 5A, District 63, Family 85
Union Township, Muskingum County, Ohio
Farm owned with mortgage
Married 19 years
Jacob Darner..Head..Feb 1856..44..OH..Farmer
Sarah E. Darner..Wife..Nov 1862..37..OH..5/5
Allie A. Darner..Daughter..Jul 1882..17..OH..At School
William E. Darner..Son..Jul 1884..15..OH..At School
Bertha F. Darner..Daughter..Aug 1888..11..OH..At School
Annie E. Darner..Daughter..Feb 1891..9..OH
Maggie L. Darner..Daughter..Mar 1893..7..OH
Emily B. Darner..Daughter..Oct 1896..3..OH
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  Marriage Notes:

The exact names and dates of birth of their children is problematic. Most of the entries for the Darner children in the Muskingum County Birth Register book have no given name for them. One could assume that the dates of birth would easily match up with the allegedly known dates for the children but even that does not work in certain cases.

This problem continues with two additional un-named daughters born in 5 Sep 1888 and 8 Mar 1889. A daughter named Bertha has an alleged birth date of Aug 1888 as shown on the 1900 US Census so perhaps the birth record of 5 Sep 1888 is very close and might be hers. But whose record is from 8 Mar 1889?

Research records show the next two daughters to be Anna E. born Feb 1891 according to the 1900 US Census and Elizabeth A. Darner, born on 7 Mar 1891 according to the Birth Register book. I suspect that these two are the same person. If so, then which month is correct, February or March? It's not really significant but I think the 1900 US Census date of Feb is probably more accurate than the March date from the Birth Register book. Maybe it took the doctor or the county clerks several weeks to get around to entering the information.

To make matters even worse, on the 1900 US Census, Sarah indicated that she had given birth to a total of 5 children and all 5 were still alive. She then proceeded to list 6 children as daughters and one son. By the best of my count, she probably had 8 children born and 6 were still alive. The un-named son born in 1887 and the un-named daughter born on 7 Mar 1891 must both have died young, before the 1900 US Census. The six the lived were Allie (1882), William (1884), Bertha (1888), Anna (1891), Maggie (1893), and Emily (1896). They did have one more son, Lewis, born 1901.
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