Sarah Jane (Decker) Griner (1849 - 1920)

Biography

Sarah Decker was born in 1849 in Butler Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of Robert Decker and Mary Broadberry.

1850 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• Mary Decker, age 34, female, , $4600 value of real estate, born in Ohio; Wm Decker, age 14, male, , born in Ohio, attended school; Jas Decker, age 12, born in Ohio, attended school; Samuel Decker, age 8, male, , born in Ohio, attended school; Joseph Decker, age 5, male, , born in Ohio, attended school; Marietta Decker, age 3, female, , born in Ohio; Sarah J Decker, age 1, female, , born in Ohio; Robert A Decker, 42, male, , born in Virginia^[1]

1860 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• Mary Decker, age 43, female, , $9000 real estate, $900 personal property, born Ohio; Jos Decker, age 14, male, , born Ohio, attended school; ME Decker, age 12, female, , born Ohio, attended school; SJ Decker, age 10, female, , born Ohio.^[2]

1870 census -- Milford Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• Mary Decker, age 50, female, white, keeping house, $3500 real estate, $200 personal property, born Ohio; Sarah J Decker, age 20, female, white, school teacher, born Ohio^[3]

She married(1) Alexander Lodge 27 March 1877 in Henry Co., Indiana.^[4]

1880 census -- New Castle, Henry Co., Indiana, USA

• Sarah Lodge, white, female, age 30, widow, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Jessie Lodge, white, female, age 2, daughter, single, born Kansas, father born England, mother born Ohio^[5]

She married(2) James A Griner 9 July 1885 in Hamilton, Ohio.^[6]

1900 census -- Fairfield, Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• James A Griner, head, white, male, born Nov 1843, age 56, married 14 years, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Virginia, house carpenter, rent house; Sarah Griner, wife, white, female, born Aug 1849, age 50, married 14 years, 2 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; Jessie P Lodge, stepdaughter, white, female, born Jun 1877, age 22, single, born Kansas, father born Massachusetts, mother born Ohio, bookkeeper laundry^[7]

1910 census -- Madison Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• James Griner, head, white, male, age 66, married 25 years, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Ohio, farmer, own free farm; Sarah J Griner, wife, white, female, age 60, married 25 years, 2 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio;^[8]

1920 census -- Madison Twnp., Butler Co., Ohio, USA

• James Griner, head, rent, white, male, age 76, married, born Ohio, father born Germany, mother born Ohio, house carpenter; Sarah Griner, wife, white, female, age 70, married, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio;^[9]

She died 29 May 1920 in West Middletown, Ohio.^[10] She was buried in Woodside Cemetery; however, it is not known which Woodside Cemetery (there are 2 in Butler County).

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3N-BZQ : 21 December 2020), Sarah J Decker in household of Mary Decker, Milford Township, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCL3-9MF : 18 February 2021), S J Decker in entry for Mary Decker, 1860.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6KZ-Y92 : 29 May 2021), Sarah J Dicker in entry for Mary Dicker, 1870.
4. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNK-WQ9 : 8 April 2021), Alexander Lodge and Sarah Jane Decker, 27 Mar 1877; citing Henry, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 004171279.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH94-3C2 : 13 January 2022), Sarah Lodge, New Castle, Henry Township, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
6. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZZPG-YMPZ : 15 October 2021), James A. Griner and Sarah J. Lodge, 1885.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMC8-XYM : 13 January 2022), Sarah J Griner in entry for James A Griner, 1900.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6P-KHH : accessed 5 March 2022), Sarah J Griner in household of James Griner, Madison, Butler, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 26, sheet 14A, family 312, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1154; FHL microfilm 1,375,167.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDP5-M6D : 3 February 2021), Sarah Gainer in entry for James Gainer, 1920.
10. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4K-8BQ : 8 March 2021), Sarah Jane Griner, 29 May 1920; citing West Middletown, Butler, Ohio, reference fn 34153; FHL microfilm 1,991,132.