Mary J. Sartain

1834 - 1887  (53 years)

• Name	Mary J. Sartain
  Birth	27 Jun 1834	Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States
  	This birth date came down from Aunt Lida, I believe. I suspect that it is wrong by a couple of years.
  Gender	Female
  Census	12 Sep 1860	Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States   [1]
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States   [2]
  Census	11 Jun 1880	Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States   [3]
  _AMTID	162485319442:1030:191555462
  _FSFTID	94QN-FTJ
  _UID	3FC104477DCA48BD9742D6F0DA52FBC62365
  Death	29 Oct 1887	Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States
  Burial	30 Oct 1887	Washington, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States   [4]
  	Mrs. Higgs of Texarkana was buried here last Sunday. She was a resident of Washington for many years and leaves a host of friends who deeply sympathize with the bereaved family. Messrs. Will and Ira Higgs attended their mother's burial here last Sunday.
  Person ID	I5460	Scott Dickson
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Thomas Morton Higgs,   b. 11 Jul 1837, Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States d. 4 Feb 1875, Washington, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1857	Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States   [5, 6]
  	Thomas M. Higgs and Mary J. Sartain were married at the home of William H. Oglesby in Athens, AL by Jn. Turrentine, J.P. on Christmas Day, 1857.
  Children	+ 1. John William Higgs,   b. 7 Apr 1859, Magnolia, Columbia, Arkansas, United States d. 2 Mar 1918, Idabel, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States (Age 58 years) + 2. Ira Thomas Higgs,   b. 9 Oct 1865, Tuscumbia, Colbert, Alabama, United States d. 19 Mar 1914, Fort Smith, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Jun 1834 - Decatur, Morgan, Alabama, United States Marriage - 25 Dec 1857 - Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States Census - 12 Sep 1860 - Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States Census - 6 Jul 1870 - Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States Census - 11 Jun 1880 - Ozan Township, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States Death - 29 Oct 1887 - Texarkana, Miller, Arkansas, United States Burial - 30 Oct 1887 - Washington, Hempstead, Arkansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Some of the other Sartain families around Limestone county came out of Jefferson and Knox counties in Tennessee. Alfred Sartain came out of South Carolina to Alabama (Where was he in 1860, 1870, 1880?). Likewise, there were Higgs families in east Tennessee. Investigate these movements, too. Did Mary apply for a widow's pension after Thomas died? Consider strongly that Mary J. was part of Alfred M. Sartain's family listed in the 1850 Census. A number of trees on Ancestry all show that the Mary J. Sartain in Alfred's family died in 1874 in Tuscaloosa, AL after marrying a man named Shelton. While no proofs have been shown for this, I would suspect that this might *not* be the correct family for Mary Sartain. There was a Sartain family was involved with a publishing firm near Philadelphia before the Civil War. They published a magazine called_Sartain's Magazine_, but were best known for fine engravings. Old Miss has an engraving of Jefferson Davis made by Sartain Publ. Co.. I have found no evidence yet to connect the Philadelphia Sartains to this line.Probably, the Sartain magazine was called Sartain's Union Magazine of Literature and Art. This magazine was published from October 1847 until August 1852 in New York and Philadelphia. It is available on Microform in Pattee Library. We were unable to find the graves of Mary Sartain or her husband in Washington, AR. Many of the stones in the old cemetery there have been destroyed. At one point, Nannie went there with Mom and Jennie to try to find the graves. She seemed to think that the place that she recalled the graves being was in the back corner of the cemetery and could now be in the road. According to people at the Old Washington Park, many of the stones and graves have been destroyed. Is it possible that Mary remarried after the death of T.M. Higgs? N4, h2 Some sources date birth in 1837 -- MERGED NOTE ------------ I believe this to be the Mary who married T.M. Higgs, but until I prove that, I will keep these trees separate. Page Nichols tells that she recalls her ancestors telling her that Susannah Sartain (her great-grandmother) was Mary's sister and that Suannah lived with Mary & Thomas Higgs for a while. There is another Mary Jane Sartain who married Benjamin Franklin Sexton in 1856 in Tuscaloosa. However, the marriage record clearly states that she is the child of Jacob Sartain, not Alfred. That means that in addition to Jacob, father of Alfred, there is another Jacob, who is likely brother of Alfred, floating around.

  
  

• Sources

  [S551] 1860 US Federal Census, Tishomingo Co., MS, Iuka; page 380; dwelling 2541, family 2541; Thomas Higgs. [S717] 1870 US Federal Census, Hempstead Co, AR, Ozan Township; page 91; dwelling 672, family 672; T. M. Higgs. [S711] 1880 US Federal Census, Hempstead Co., AR, Ozan Township; ED 112; page 47; dwelling 274, family 297; Higgs, William. [S1459] Newspapers.com The Daily Arkansas Gazette, State News - Washington - Hempstead County - Nov 4, 1887; 6 November 1887; 9 March 2019. [S159] Thomas M. Higgs Mary J. Sartain Marriage Return 25. [S701] New Orleans, Louisiana, Marriage Records Index, 1831-1964, 11 August 2012; Thomas M. Higgs to Mary Sartain, 25 Dec 1857.