Sarah Jane Harding
Sarah Jane Harding was born on September 26, 1840, in Indiana to Israel and Nancy Harding. She grew up and attended school in Wayne, Indiana, and her father died in July 1842.
 
She married William Harrison Speer on October 10, 1865, and the couple had no children. They lived in Wayne, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1870, they owned $10,000 of real estate and $700 of personal property. Her sister Gabriella died in the 1870s, and she helped raise Gabriella’s daughter Mary. She died of a “strangulated nerve” in Wayne on November 11, 1906.
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(2916)Harding, Sarah Jane ~ Speer, Sarah Jane1840-09-261906-11-11
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 3

  • (8138) [recipient] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Sarah J. Harding, 23 September 1862
  • (8178) [recipient] ~ Shelton M. Harding to Sarah J. Harding, 13 January 1863
  • (8785) [writer] ~ Sarah J. Harding to Gabriella Conaroe, 10 February 18XX

People - Records: 13

  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [sibling of] (2912) Conaroe, Gabriella
  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [cousin of] (2914) Harding, Caroline J.
  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [cousin of] (2915) Stout, Elizabeth
  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [sibling of] (2936) Harding, Shelton M.
  • (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane is the [aunt/uncle of] (3000) Conaroe, Israel John
  • (2979) Harding, Nancy Ann is the [parent of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3001) Speer, William Harrison is the [husband of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3003) Speer, Sandford is the [sibling-in-law of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3005) Speer, Mary is the [parent-in-law of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3219) Harding, Lazarus R. is the [sibling of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3222) Harding, Laban Newton is the [cousin of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3225) Harding, Robert N. is the [cousin of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane
  • (3305) Speer, Henry P. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2916) Harding, Sarah Jane

Places - Records: 2

  • (379) [birth] ~ Indiana
  • (2335) [death] ~ Wayne, Marion County, Indiana

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, and 1900 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Marriage Index, 1800-1941, available from Ancestry.com; Indiana Death Certificates, 1899-2017, available from Ancestry.com.