Asa Hamrick

Notes on Sarah "Sally" Starcher Hamrick and Asa Hamrick

From the Hamrick Page at Don Norman's Family Files:

• 34.JOSEPH W. HAMRICK 14.BENJAMIN HAMRICK 2.BENJAMIN HAMRICK 1.PATRICK HAMRICK

Joseph W. Hamrick, a son of Benjamin and Nancy (McMillion) Hamrick, was born in Greenbrier County VA in 1793 and died in Calhoun County WV in 1885. Joseph married Frances Cogar in Kanawha County VA in 1823. Frances died in Kanawha County about 1843.

Children of Joseph W. and Frances (Cogar) Hamrick.

1. 115. (1). Eli b.Jul 18 1824 d. 1900 m.Mary Allen m.Sarah Perkins
2. 116. (2). Asa b. 1825 m.Sarah Starcher Jan 2 1851
3. 117. (3). Lucinda b.c. 1826
4. 118. (4). Mary "Polly" b.c. 1827
5. 119. (5). Thomas b.c. 1830
6. 120. (6). Sarah "Sally" b.Nov 19 1835 d.Oct 20 1891 m.Samuel W. Jeffreys Aug 4 1858
7. 121. (7). William b. 1837 m.Sarah F. -------
8. 122. (8). Catherine b. 1841 (Note: Marriage records at Calhoun County GenWeb report the marriage in Calhoun County WV of Catharine Hambrick, age 16, daughter of Joseph and Francis Hambrick, to Peter Booher, age 20, son of Jacob and Nancy Booher, on August 4, 1856. This Peter Booher was a brother of Aseneth Booher Norman, the grandmother of Allen B. Starcher).

Sarah "Sally" Starcher, sister of Thomas Starcher and thus a great-aunt of Allen B. Starcher, was born about 1830. She married Asa Hamrick January 2, 1851. Sarah and Asa had five children. Asa died after 1870, and Sarah died after 1880.

The 1850 Federal census for Gilmer County WV (later Calhoun County WV) lists her age as 20.

The marriage in Gilmer County of Asa Hamrick to Sarah Starcher on January 2, 1851 is documented on the WV State Archives site AT THIS LINK.