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Sarah “Sally” <I>Sleet</I> Hume

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Sarah “Sally” Sleet Hume

Birth
Boone County, Kentucky, USA
Death
3 Aug 1817 (aged 18)
Boone County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Boone County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Sally Sleet Hume and her father Weedon (or Weden) Sleet died on the same day after drinking water from a spring that had been deliberately poisoned. (Several of their livestock, probably the intended target, also died after drinking the water.) Sally had given birth to her first child, Elzaphan Weedon Sleet Hume, only 11 days previously.

Sally Sleet Hume and her father Weedon (or Weden) Sleet died on the same day after drinking water from a spring that had been deliberately poisoned. (Several of their livestock, probably the intended target, also died after drinking the water.) Sally had given birth to her first child, Elzaphan Weedon Sleet Hume, only 11 days previously.


Inscription

Sarah/Wife of Lewis Hume/Died Aug. 3 1817/aged 18 years 10 mo & 21 ds

Information from Boone County (Kentucky) Family Cemetery Register, 1987



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  • Created by: Carol
  • Added: Dec 26, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/102650020/sarah-hume: accessed ), memorial page for Sarah “Sally” Sleet Hume (13 Sep 1798–3 Aug 1817), Find a Grave Memorial ID 102650020, citing Sleet - Hume - Brasher Family Cemetery, Boone County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Carol (contributor 47967360).