Sarah Bledsoe Fearn b. 2 Nov 1824 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama d. 12 Jun 1895 Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi: If the Legends Are True...

1824 - 1895 (70 years)

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Name	Sarah Bledsoe Fearn [1, 2, 3]
Born	2 Nov 1824	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama [2, 3]
Gender	Female
Alt. Birth	Abt 1825	Alabama [4]
Alt. Birth	Abt 1832	Alabama [5]
Name	Sallie [5]
Name	Sarah Fearn [6, 7, 8]
Name	Sarah L. Fearn [4]
Died	12 Jun 1895	Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi [3]
Buried	Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi [3, 8]
Buried		Barry → Sarah Fearn
Person ID	I77391	If the Legends Are True...
Last Modified	16 Dec 2014

Father	Doctor Thomas Fearn, Junior, b. 15 Nov 1789, Danville, Danville (city), Virginia , d. 16 Jan 1863, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama (Age 73 years)
Mother	Sarah Bledsoe Shelby, b. 21 Jan 1806, Sumner County, Tennessee , d. 2 May 1842, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama (Age 36 years)
Married	26 Feb 1822	Limestone County, Alabama
Family ID	F28056	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family William Sullivan Barry, b. 12 Dec 1821, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi , d. 29 Jan 1868, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi (Age 46 years)

Married 19 Dec 1851 Huntsville, Madison, Alabama [2, 3]

Page 445 of Marriage Record Book 4A [2]

Census 16 Aug 1860 Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi [5]

Page 167, line 35, dwelling 1201, family 1216:

The household consisted of W. S. Barry, 38, m; Sallie, 28, f; William, 2, m; and R. T. Barry, 21, m.

W. S. is a lawyer and declared $50,000 real estate and $65,000 personal estate. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2013 the relative value of $115,000 from 1860 was:

$3,320,000.00 - using the Consumer Price Index
$2,480,000.00 - using the GDP deflator
$20,500,000.00 - using the unskilled wage
$41,700,000.00 - using the Production Worker Compensation
$43,800,000.00 - using the nominal GDP per capita
$440,000,000.00 - using the relative share of GDP

Census of 1860 - Mississippi, Lowndes County
Columbus, Page (167) 773

Children 1 son [9]

Residence Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi [6]

Children

+	1. William Shelby Barry, b. 27 Nov 1857, Columbus, Lowndes, Mississippi , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 15 Dec 2014

Family ID F28142 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Reference If the Legends Are True... by J. Craig Canada, "Sarah Bledsoe Fearn" (accessed March 7, 2021) | http://www.palmspringsbum.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I77391&tree=Legends.

Sources

[S508] The Shelby Family by Howard S. Galloway, page 135 (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages). (Reliability: 3).
[S508] The Shelby Family by Howard S. Galloway, page 136 (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages). (Reliability: 3).
[S508] The Shelby Family by Howard S. Galloway, page 188 (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages). (Reliability: 4).
[S171] Census by U. S. Federal Government, 1850, Alabama, Madison County, Huntsville, image 15 (HeritageQuest). Series: M432 Roll: 9 Page: 466. (Reliability: 4).
[S171] Census by U. S. Federal Government, 1860, Mississippi, Lowndes County, Columbus, page 167 (HeritageQuest). Series: M653 Roll: 586 Page: 773. (Reliability: 4).
[S484] Notable Southern Families, Volume II by Janie Zella Armstrong, page 325 (Chattanooga, Tennessee: The Lookout Pub. Co., 1922). (Reliability: 4).
[S745] The Randal A. and Dena L. Farrar Genealogy Home Page by Randal Alan Farrar, Descendants of Henry Farrar PDF, page 52 of 259 (Dallas, Texas: 2 September 2004). (Reliability: 3).
[S531] Find A Grave Memorial: 13093939, "Sarah Fearn Barry" (www.findagrave.com/). (Reliability: 3).
[S508] The Shelby Family by Howard S. Galloway, page 266 (Mobile, Alabama: Gill Print Co., 1964, 385 pages). (Reliability: 3).