Sarah M. Selby was born April 9, 1824, in Cumberland county, Ky., near Berksville. She was the daughter of Nicholas Selby and Margaret Young, both natives of Kentucky; her father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and of the Blackhawk war. They came to Illinois in 1825; the mother rode the entire distance on horseback, carrying her 17 months old daughter, Sarah M., and settled near Winchester, Scott county. During their residence in that county, deceased was united in marriage to Abram Martin February 21, 1844. Two children were born of this union; Mrs. P. N. Williams, of Daunt [Tulare County], California, and one daughter, who died in infancy. Mr. Martin died Nov. 1, 1847.
Her second marriage was to Alexander Withers, to which union four children were born: Mrs. J. M. Porter and Mrs. Dr. J. N. Morin, of Clinton; William A. Withers, of Gowrie, Iowa; one son, James, who died at the age of 11 years. Her second husband met death during the siege at Vicksburg and is one among the many who are resting in unmarked graves. Her mother died in Winchester, Ill., in 1851. Then with her family she came to this county in 1865 and located on a small farm southwest of Clinton, and with the help of her son, William, and what money she could make in selling clay and boarding employees of the brickyard, she purchased the little farm. It was from her farm that brick was made which was used in the construction of the Methodist church of this city.
Her third marriage was to John R. Bower, at Clinton, in October 1869. They went immediately after to a farm near Oreana in Macon County, returning shortly and residing on a small tract near the north limits of the city until 1881, when they moved to town and purchased the residence on West North street, where she was again bereft of her help-mate in June 1887.
Her second marriage was to Alexander Withers, to which union four children were born: Mrs. J. M. Porter and Mrs. Dr. J. N. Morin, of Clinton; William A. Withers, of Gowrie, Iowa; one son, James, who died at the age of 11 years. Her second husband met death during the siege at Vicksburg and is one among the many who are resting in unmarked graves. Her mother died in Winchester, Ill., in 1851. Then with her family she came to this county in 1865 and located on a small farm southwest of Clinton, and with the help of her son, William, and what money she could make in selling clay and boarding employees of the brickyard, she purchased the little farm. It was from her farm that brick was made which was used in the construction of the Methodist church of this city.
Her third marriage was to John R. Bower, at Clinton, in October 1869. They went immediately after to a farm near Oreana in Macon County, returning shortly and residing on a small tract near the north limits of the city until 1881, when they moved to town and purchased the residence on West North street, where she was again bereft of her help-mate in June 1887.
Sarah M. Selby was born April 9, 1824, in Cumberland county, Ky., near Berksville. She was the daughter of Nicholas Selby and Margaret Young, both natives of Kentucky; her father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and of the Blackhawk war. They came to Illinois in 1825; the mother rode the entire distance on horseback, carrying her 17 months old daughter, Sarah M., and settled near Winchester, Scott county. During their residence in that county, deceased was united in marriage to Abram Martin February 21, 1844. Two children were born of this union; Mrs. P. N. Williams, of Daunt [Tulare County], California, and one daughter, who died in infancy. Mr. Martin died Nov. 1, 1847.
Her second marriage was to Alexander Withers, to which union four children were born: Mrs. J. M. Porter and Mrs. Dr. J. N. Morin, of Clinton; William A. Withers, of Gowrie, Iowa; one son, James, who died at the age of 11 years. Her second husband met death during the siege at Vicksburg and is one among the many who are resting in unmarked graves. Her mother died in Winchester, Ill., in 1851. Then with her family she came to this county in 1865 and located on a small farm southwest of Clinton, and with the help of her son, William, and what money she could make in selling clay and boarding employees of the brickyard, she purchased the little farm. It was from her farm that brick was made which was used in the construction of the Methodist church of this city.
Her third marriage was to John R. Bower, at Clinton, in October 1869. They went immediately after to a farm near Oreana in Macon County, returning shortly and residing on a small tract near the north limits of the city until 1881, when they moved to town and purchased the residence on West North street, where she was again bereft of her help-mate in June 1887.
Her second marriage was to Alexander Withers, to which union four children were born: Mrs. J. M. Porter and Mrs. Dr. J. N. Morin, of Clinton; William A. Withers, of Gowrie, Iowa; one son, James, who died at the age of 11 years. Her second husband met death during the siege at Vicksburg and is one among the many who are resting in unmarked graves. Her mother died in Winchester, Ill., in 1851. Then with her family she came to this county in 1865 and located on a small farm southwest of Clinton, and with the help of her son, William, and what money she could make in selling clay and boarding employees of the brickyard, she purchased the little farm. It was from her farm that brick was made which was used in the construction of the Methodist church of this city.
Her third marriage was to John R. Bower, at Clinton, in October 1869. They went immediately after to a farm near Oreana in Macon County, returning shortly and residing on a small tract near the north limits of the city until 1881, when they moved to town and purchased the residence on West North street, where she was again bereft of her help-mate in June 1887.
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