Sarah. E. Wiggins

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Sarah E. Lester (Wiggins)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Marion County, South Carolina, United States
Death: August 1872 (58-67)
Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Baker Wiggins and Unknown Ricks
Wife of Isaac W. Lester
Mother of Mary H. B. Mitchell Willson; Emma R. Richardson; Charles B. Lester and Albert Jackson Lester
Sister of Ricks B. Wiggins; Samuel B. Wiggins; John W. Wiggins and Mary R. Wiggins

Managed by: Amy Nordahl Cote
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About Sarah. E. Wiggins

Her father calls her "Sarah Lester" in his 1829 will.

Lived in South Carolina (until the early 1830s), Tennessee (1830s), Mississippi (1840s), and Louisiana (arrived late 1840s). Must have returned to South Carolina at least long enough for the birth of daughter Mary, c1839.

1850 Carroll Parish census:

53 Lester, John W. 43 m SC planter

53 Lester, Sarah 42 f SC

53 Mitchell, Mary 21 f SC 1650

53 Lester, Ames [Emma R.] 10 f MS

53 Lester, Charles 3 m LA

1860 Carroll Parish census--daughter Emma is living next door:

85 Lester, Isaac W. 52 m farmer S. C. $1,500.00

85 Lester, Sarah E. 51 f wife S. C. $11,500.00 $2,500.00

85 Lester, Charles B. 13 m LA

86 Richardson, William A. 23 m planter MS $9,000.00 $20,500.00

86 Richardson, Emma R. 20 f wife MS $1,250.00

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1870 Carroll Parish census--Floyd, LA

Widowed, head of household, living with son Charles B. Lester & his wife Mary E. [Pipes] Lester, and four orphaned children of eldest daughter Mary H.B. Lester Mitchell Willson (who died 1863): Sallie, Willie, Thomas, and Jesse.

1870 US Census, Floyd, Ward 6, Carroll Parish, Louisiana

Sarah E Lester F 60 S C keeping house

Charles B Lester M 22 La farmer

Mary E Lester F 21 Miss [Mary Pipes Lester]

Sallie Wilson F 17 La

Willie Wilson M 16 La laborer on farm

Thomas Wilson M 12 La laborer on farm

Jesse Wilson M 8 La

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Sarah. E. Wiggins's Timeline

1809
1809
Marion County, South Carolina, United States
1829
1829
South Carolina, United States
1835
January 6, 1835
Dickson or Williamson County, Tennessee, United States
1840
1840
Mississippi, United States
1847
1847
East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States
1872
August 1872
Age 63
Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, Louisiana, United States