Sarah Jane Goss

  General Notes:

Fogg, Miriam Straw Emerson, Mrs.
Released 20 May 2004
Merrimack and Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire Biographies

In 1830 in Henniker there were 4 HOH names for Goss: Annos; Cyrus;Ephraim and Luther. Annos had the only HH that had a female born 1820-1825. Could [1795 NH] and Achsah [1800 NH] be her parents?

census 1850 Hopkinton, Merrimack county, NH
Mary Emerson 80 MA] is living with married grandson and his wife [Seth 30 and Sarah 29 Emerson.Both b. NH

1860 Port Huron, St Clair County, Michigan [mulitple dwelling]
S. G. Emmerson 40 NH; carpenter [HOH]
Sarah Emmerson 39 NH
John T. Phillips 13 NH [nephew, s/o his sister Mary Jane]
also a Wm S. Emmerson 29 NH; carpenter in the HH [brother of Seth]
others appear to be boarders

1870 Ft Gratiot, St Clair County, MI
Sarah has remarried and is living with husband Thomas J. Swartwood age 50 IL who runs a boarding house. Also living in Ft. Gratiot is Wm Straw and his wifeAlvira and daughter Emma. Wm was a s/o Levi Straw and Miriam Jones and a brother to Seth Emmerson's mother Elizabeth Straw Emerson.

1880 Ft Gratiot, St Clair County, MI
Sarah with Thomas Swartwood

Sarah married Seth George Emerson, son of John Jones Emerson and Elizabeth Straw, on 16 Dec 1848 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (Seth George Emerson was born on 24 Apr 1820 in New Hampshire and died on 1 Aug 1864 in Fort Gratiot, Michigan.)

Sarah next married Thomas J. Swartwood on 1 Nov 1868 in St. Clair County, Michigan. (Thomas J. Swartwood was born on 6 Jun 1820 in Spencer, Tioga County, New York, died on 13 Jun 1906 in Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan and was buried in Lakeside Cemetery in Port Huron, Michigan.)