Sarah was born in 1833 in Almond, Allegany County, New York, daughter of Benjamin E. Wygant and Jane Elting. She died January 1, 1880 of Scarlet fever at her home in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, and was buried there in the Wiseman Cemetery in Hillsdale, Wisconsin. She preceded her husband in death by two days.:
On June 11, 1873, Sarah was united in marriage to Taylor Stevens by Samuel Young, J.P., at the home of her brother Sidney Tobias Wygant in the Township of Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, in a ceremony witnessed by Sidney T. Wygant and his wife Annie E. Wygant.
Taylor was born in 1822 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, son of William and Rachel Stevens. He died January 3, 1880, of consumption at Mooney's Mill in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 58 years and was buried there besides the remains of his wife in the Wiseman Cemetery in the same township at Hillsdale, Wisconsin. That cemetery was vandalized in the 1920s and later in the 1960s and only a remnant of his original gravestone remains. A new gravestone was later placed in the cemetery. He was a millwright. Their one child born in Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, was:
Benjamin A. born 17 Feb 1876
This was Taylor's second marriage. His first wife, name unknown, died in about 1853 at Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. Their one child was:
Daniel born 1846
Shortly after his first wife's death, Taylor and his son Daniel moved to southern Wisconsin. Taylor's pension file contains an affidavit from his son who stated that he was seven years old when his mother died and barely knew her. He also stated that his father enlisted when he was only fifteen years of age and with the exception of a visit with him while on furlough and on one other occasion, he never saw or communicated with him the rest of his life. On June 15, 1897, Daniel Stevens was living in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was appointed Benjamin's guardian after her and Taylor's death. On May 6, 1890, he resigned his guardianship and was replaced by Warren Darling of Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin. In 1901, Benjamin was living in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was a veteran of the Civil War having served in Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. He enlisted August 28, 1861 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to serve three years as a Private. On October 11, 1861, he was mustered into Federal service with Company C at Madison, Wisconsin. On September 5, 1865, he was mustered out of Federal service with Company C at Demopolis, Alabama. He later moved to Dallas, Barron County, Wisconsin, where he died September 25, 1900, aged 62 years, 8 months and 7 days and was buried next to the remains of his first wife, Annie E. McCarn, in the Wygant family plot in Wayside Cemetery, Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin. His second wife, Melissa A. Wyman, is also buried in the same plot.
Sarah was survived by a sister, Harriet Crandell born in 1821 and a nephew, George P. Crandell born in 1857.
On June 11, 1873, Sarah was united in marriage to Taylor Stevens by Samuel Young, J.P., at the home of her brother Sidney Tobias Wygant in the Township of Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, in a ceremony witnessed by Sidney T. Wygant and his wife Annie E. Wygant.
Taylor was born in 1822 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, son of William and Rachel Stevens. He died January 3, 1880, of consumption at Mooney's Mill in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 58 years and was buried there besides the remains of his wife in the Wiseman Cemetery in the same township at Hillsdale, Wisconsin. That cemetery was vandalized in the 1920s and later in the 1960s and only a remnant of his original gravestone remains. A new gravestone was later placed in the cemetery. He was a millwright. Their one child born in Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, was:
Benjamin A. born 17 Feb 1876
This was Taylor's second marriage. His first wife, name unknown, died in about 1853 at Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. Their one child was:
Daniel born 1846
Shortly after his first wife's death, Taylor and his son Daniel moved to southern Wisconsin. Taylor's pension file contains an affidavit from his son who stated that he was seven years old when his mother died and barely knew her. He also stated that his father enlisted when he was only fifteen years of age and with the exception of a visit with him while on furlough and on one other occasion, he never saw or communicated with him the rest of his life. On June 15, 1897, Daniel Stevens was living in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was appointed Benjamin's guardian after her and Taylor's death. On May 6, 1890, he resigned his guardianship and was replaced by Warren Darling of Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin. In 1901, Benjamin was living in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was a veteran of the Civil War having served in Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. He enlisted August 28, 1861 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to serve three years as a Private. On October 11, 1861, he was mustered into Federal service with Company C at Madison, Wisconsin. On September 5, 1865, he was mustered out of Federal service with Company C at Demopolis, Alabama. He later moved to Dallas, Barron County, Wisconsin, where he died September 25, 1900, aged 62 years, 8 months and 7 days and was buried next to the remains of his first wife, Annie E. McCarn, in the Wygant family plot in Wayside Cemetery, Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin. His second wife, Melissa A. Wyman, is also buried in the same plot.
Sarah was survived by a sister, Harriet Crandell born in 1821 and a nephew, George P. Crandell born in 1857.
Sarah was born in 1833 in Almond, Allegany County, New York, daughter of Benjamin E. Wygant and Jane Elting. She died January 1, 1880 of Scarlet fever at her home in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, and was buried there in the Wiseman Cemetery in Hillsdale, Wisconsin. She preceded her husband in death by two days.:
On June 11, 1873, Sarah was united in marriage to Taylor Stevens by Samuel Young, J.P., at the home of her brother Sidney Tobias Wygant in the Township of Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, in a ceremony witnessed by Sidney T. Wygant and his wife Annie E. Wygant.
Taylor was born in 1822 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, son of William and Rachel Stevens. He died January 3, 1880, of consumption at Mooney's Mill in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 58 years and was buried there besides the remains of his wife in the Wiseman Cemetery in the same township at Hillsdale, Wisconsin. That cemetery was vandalized in the 1920s and later in the 1960s and only a remnant of his original gravestone remains. A new gravestone was later placed in the cemetery. He was a millwright. Their one child born in Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, was:
Benjamin A. born 17 Feb 1876
This was Taylor's second marriage. His first wife, name unknown, died in about 1853 at Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. Their one child was:
Daniel born 1846
Shortly after his first wife's death, Taylor and his son Daniel moved to southern Wisconsin. Taylor's pension file contains an affidavit from his son who stated that he was seven years old when his mother died and barely knew her. He also stated that his father enlisted when he was only fifteen years of age and with the exception of a visit with him while on furlough and on one other occasion, he never saw or communicated with him the rest of his life. On June 15, 1897, Daniel Stevens was living in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was appointed Benjamin's guardian after her and Taylor's death. On May 6, 1890, he resigned his guardianship and was replaced by Warren Darling of Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin. In 1901, Benjamin was living in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was a veteran of the Civil War having served in Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. He enlisted August 28, 1861 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to serve three years as a Private. On October 11, 1861, he was mustered into Federal service with Company C at Madison, Wisconsin. On September 5, 1865, he was mustered out of Federal service with Company C at Demopolis, Alabama. He later moved to Dallas, Barron County, Wisconsin, where he died September 25, 1900, aged 62 years, 8 months and 7 days and was buried next to the remains of his first wife, Annie E. McCarn, in the Wygant family plot in Wayside Cemetery, Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin. His second wife, Melissa A. Wyman, is also buried in the same plot.
Sarah was survived by a sister, Harriet Crandell born in 1821 and a nephew, George P. Crandell born in 1857.
On June 11, 1873, Sarah was united in marriage to Taylor Stevens by Samuel Young, J.P., at the home of her brother Sidney Tobias Wygant in the Township of Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin, in a ceremony witnessed by Sidney T. Wygant and his wife Annie E. Wygant.
Taylor was born in 1822 in Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio, son of William and Rachel Stevens. He died January 3, 1880, of consumption at Mooney's Mill in Maple Grove Township, Barron County, Wisconsin, aged 58 years and was buried there besides the remains of his wife in the Wiseman Cemetery in the same township at Hillsdale, Wisconsin. That cemetery was vandalized in the 1920s and later in the 1960s and only a remnant of his original gravestone remains. A new gravestone was later placed in the cemetery. He was a millwright. Their one child born in Bloomer, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, was:
Benjamin A. born 17 Feb 1876
This was Taylor's second marriage. His first wife, name unknown, died in about 1853 at Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois. Their one child was:
Daniel born 1846
Shortly after his first wife's death, Taylor and his son Daniel moved to southern Wisconsin. Taylor's pension file contains an affidavit from his son who stated that he was seven years old when his mother died and barely knew her. He also stated that his father enlisted when he was only fifteen years of age and with the exception of a visit with him while on furlough and on one other occasion, he never saw or communicated with him the rest of his life. On June 15, 1897, Daniel Stevens was living in Florence, Pinal County, Arizona.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was appointed Benjamin's guardian after her and Taylor's death. On May 6, 1890, he resigned his guardianship and was replaced by Warren Darling of Clinton, Barron County, Wisconsin. In 1901, Benjamin was living in Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin.
Sarah's brother Sidney Tobias Wygant was a veteran of the Civil War having served in Company C of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry. He enlisted August 28, 1861 at Eau Claire, Wisconsin, to serve three years as a Private. On October 11, 1861, he was mustered into Federal service with Company C at Madison, Wisconsin. On September 5, 1865, he was mustered out of Federal service with Company C at Demopolis, Alabama. He later moved to Dallas, Barron County, Wisconsin, where he died September 25, 1900, aged 62 years, 8 months and 7 days and was buried next to the remains of his first wife, Annie E. McCarn, in the Wygant family plot in Wayside Cemetery, Barron, Barron County, Wisconsin. His second wife, Melissa A. Wyman, is also buried in the same plot.
Sarah was survived by a sister, Harriet Crandell born in 1821 and a nephew, George P. Crandell born in 1857.
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