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  • Name: Sarah Jane SAWHILL
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 18 Jun 1825 in Claysville, Washington Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 11 Mar 1913 in Claysville, Washington Co, Pennsylvania d
  • Burial: Claysville Cemetery, Claysville, Pennsylvania u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William SAWHILL Birth: 29 Aug 1799 in Bart Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 Nov 1865 in Claysville, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Jane LORIMOR Birth: 22 Dec 1797 in Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 11 Jul 1867

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary Catherine DONALDSON Birth: 17 May 1856 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
  2. William Lorimor DONALDSON Birth: 28 Jun 1857 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania Death: 30 Mar 1926 in East Finley Twp, Washington Co, Pennsylvania
  3. Rebecca Margaret DONALDSON Birth: 25 Mar 1859 Death: 31 Jul 1936
  4. Elizabeth Martha DONALDSON Birth: 25 Mar 1859 Death: Jan 1885
  5. Susan Virginia DONALDSON Birth: 16 Oct 1860
  6. James McKee DONALDSON Birth: 6 Mar 1862 Death: 22 Apr 1881
  7. Flora Anna DONALDSON Birth: 7 Mar 1864 Death: 19 Sep 1886
  8. Eleanor Amelia DONALDSON Birth: 12 Nov 1865 Death: 6 Apr 1904

Bibliography
  1. Norris, David, David Norris Ancestry. WorldConnect db=drdave, visited 2/18/2003. Author address: dnorris at adelphia dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: David Norris 2/18/2003].
  2. Sawhill, Donald B, SAWHILL Family, from notes of Benjamin Wesley Sawhill, circulated privately Feb 1964. LDS Film #1454553#10. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008129005, images 802-1013. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p6],
place:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p21],
parents:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p21, SawhillDB SAWHILL p6]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
18 Jun 1826 [Ref: David Norris 2/18/2003]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: David Norris 2/18/2003, SawhillDB SAWHILL p23],
place:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p23]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to James Reed DONALDSON
date:
[Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p22],
child:
[Ref: David Norris 2/18/2003, SawhillDB SAWHILL p22, SawhillDB SAWHILL p23]
Research Notes:
after death of husband, lived on farm in East Finley Twp until William Lorimor Sawhill married. Then Wm and wife took over farm and Mrs. Donaldson and the rest of the children went to Claysville where she purchased a house of Church Street and resided there until her death. [Ref: SawhillDB SAWHILL p23]



Pedigree of Sarah Jane SAWHILL
                   /-----John (SAWHILL)
          /-----Alexander SAWHILL
 /-----William SAWHILL
|        |         /-----John NEELY
|         \-----Mary NEELY
|                  \-----Elizabeth WIGTON
Sarah Jane SAWHILL
|         /-----Hugh LORIMOR
 \-----Jane LORIMOR
         |         /-----John NEELY
          \-----Jane NEELY
                   \-----Elizabeth WIGTON



Descendants of Sarah Jane SAWHILL
1. Sarah Jane SAWHILL m. James Reed DONALDSON
m. James Reed DONALDSON father: James DONALDSON mother: Katherine REED

2nd generation

3. William Lorimor DONALDSON m. Elizabeth LITLE
m. Elizabeth LITLE
4. Rebecca Margaret DONALDSON m. George Jones WOODBURN
m. George Jones WOODBURN
6. Susan Virginia DONALDSON m. John Love DONALDSON
m. John Love DONALDSON