Sarah Olive Hanshaw

┌── Smith Hancher │ c1798-1865 ┌── Smith M. Hanshaw ──────┤ │ 1833-1914 │ │ └── Mary Steward │ ?-1842 Sarah Olive Hanshaw ───┤ B: 1857 │ D: 1919 │ └── Mary Ellen Creighton 1835-1886 M: John Custer Sconce

She married John Custer Sconce, Feb 12 1874, Davis County, Iowa.² John, son of Samuel G. Sconce + Charlotte Miller, was born May 20 1851, Iowa.^{4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

For their wedding Sarah Olive and John were given a bible (now in the possession of Lori Lei Knapp) in which was written:² John C. Sconce and Olive Sconce was married febuary the 12th in the year of our lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy four. 1874

Sarah Olive and John had seven children, but only three of them lived into adulthood.² Children:

Sarah Olive and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 1 1880), Salt Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa:⁷

Sarah Olive and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 25 1900), Keokuk Township, Wapello County, Iowa:⁴

Sarah Olive and family were shown in the 1910 census (May 3 1910), Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa:¹⁵

Sarah Olive Hanshaw died Jul 12 1919, Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa; buried Bethlehen Cemetery, Salt Creek, Davis County, Iowa.^2,6,16

Widower John was shown in the 1920 census (Jan 12 1920), living alone at 618 Lee [street], Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa:¹⁰

John died Dec 22 1927, buried Bethlehen Cemetery, Salt Creek, Davis County, Iowa.^6,16,17

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