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The source for the second marriage of Sarah Wilcox and perhaps a second marriage for Alexander (due to the advanced age at which he marries here) is Source Information: Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. <i>Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900</i> [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1298746 - 1298749.
Name Sarah George
Gender Female
Spouse Name Alexander Martin
Marriage Date 27 Apr 1858
Marriage County Vermilion
Comments This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1298746 - 1298749.
Some online sources give the name of Sarah Wilcox's first husband as Samuel George. Alexander and Sarah Martin are found on the 1870 Vermillion census with, besides their own children, two residents with the surname George. They are young enough to be Sarah's children by a first marriage. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6WL-5YN : 12 April 2016), Alex Martin, Illinois, United States; citing p. 11, family 69, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,784.
Alex Martin M 54 Ohio
Sarah Martin F 41 Illinois
Levi Martin M 10 Illinois
Alex Martin M 9 Illinois
Saml Martin M 8 Illinois
Olive Martin F 7 Illinois
Nancy Martin F 3 Illinois
James George M 21 Wisconsin
Mary George F 17 Wisconsin
Of the children above we find the death record for son Samuel Martin gives the names of his parents as Alex Martin and Sarah Wilcox, thus confirming the maiden name of Sarah as Wilcox, who according to the marriage record above married Alexander Martin as Sarah George. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:
"Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original records.
Name: Samuel Martin
Birth Date: 5 Dec 1862
Birth Place: Illinois
Death Date: 4 Aug 1933
Death Place: McKendree, Vermilion, Ill
Burial Date: 6 Aug 1933
Burial Place: McKendree, Ver., Ill.
Death Age: 70
Occupation: retired-Coal Miner
Race: White
Marital status: M
Gender: Male
Residence: R. R. 6 Danville, Ill
Father Name: Alex Martin
Father Birth Place: Illinois
Mother Name: Sarah Wilcox
Mother Birth Place: Illinois
Spouse Name: Flora
FHL Film Number: 1675015
Further confirmation of the marriage of Sarah Wilcox first to Samuel George is Source Information: Ancestry.com. Wisconsin, Marriage Index, 1820-1907 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Original data: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services. Wisconsin Vital Record Index, pre-1907. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Vital Records Division
Wisconsin Historical Society. Pre-1907 Vital Records Collection. Madison, WI, USA: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Archives.
Name: Sarah Wilcox
Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1847
Marriage Place: Iowa, Wisconsin, USA
Volume: 01
Page: 0098
Name: Samuel George
Marriage Date: 23 Mar 1847
Marriage Place: Iowa, Wisconsin, USA
Volume: 01
Page: 0098
Samuel and Sarah George are found on the 1850 census with several children including the James and Mary George on the 1870 census cited above when Sarah was in the home of her second husband, Alexander Martin. This document is the source for the birthplace and year of Samuel George. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, <i>FamilySearch</i>(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DK-9DK : 12 April 2016), Samuel George, Centre, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 26, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Samuel George M 45 Kentucky
Sarah George F 21 Illinois
William George M 16 Illinois
Eliza J George F 14 Wisconsin
James W George M 3 Wisconsin
Mary A George F 0 Wisconsin
Alaxander Evans M 10 Indiana
It seems that Samuel George was married prior to Sarah Wilcox to Polly Taylor. I have not followed this thread. Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
Name: Samuel George
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage Registration (Marriage)
Marriage Licence Date: 22 Nov 1827
Marriage Licence Place: Indiana, United States
Spouse: Polly Taylor
Page: 221
FHL Film Number: 000476758
I have given Polly the birth date of 'bef 1809' based on the assumption that she was at least eighteen years of age for an 1827 marriage. Her 'bef 1847' death is based on the 1847 marriage of Samuel to Sarah Wilcox.
Note: The 1858 marriage may not be the first for Alexander but it is the seco
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