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Generation: 1
1. | Sarah Jeanette CHRISTIAN was born Apr 1886, Tazewell Co. VA. Notes:
1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah J Christian
Age: 13
Birth Date: Apr 1886
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1900: Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: Mathias Christian
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Mother's name: Mary C Christian
Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
OBITUARY
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sat. 6 May 1967
SARAH JEANETTE GRIFFITH: 79, died Friday morning at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Roy Ratliff at Cedar Bluff, Va., following a long illness.
She was the widow of Marion Beverly Griffith, who died five years ago. A lifelong resident of Tazewell County, she was a daughter of the late Mathias and Mary Mitchell Christain, Tazewell County natives. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Survivors also include one other daughter, Mrs. Mexie Anderson of Jewell Ridge, Va.; two sons, Cecil and Irvin Griffith of Jewell Ridge, two sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Brooks of MacArthur and Mrs. Rebecca Lowe of Kingsport, Tenn., two brothers, Delta Christian of North Tazewell and Fred Christian of Coaldan, Va., nine grandchildren and 33 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hurst-Scott Funeral Chapel at Richland?s with Rev. Allan Chapman and Rev. H.D. Hampton officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery on Stinson Ridge, Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Sarah married Marion Beverly Griffith 24 Nov 1909, Tazewell Co. VA. Marion was born ca 1879, Russell Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
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