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Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt (b. February 24, 1836, d. February 26, 1902)

Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt (daughter of Jacob Greenawalt and Mary Bradley) was born February 24, 1836 in Sangamon County, Il., and died February 26, 1902. She married (1) William Anderson Penn on May 06, 1852 in Sangamon, Illinois, son of John Anderson Penn and Nancy Anderson. She married (2) Andrew Jackson McCan on 1867, son of John McCan and Nancy Ann Maycock.

Notes for Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt:
GREENAWALT, JACOB, was born Oct. 27, 1804, in Hardin county, Ky. Mary Bradley was born Aug. 4, 1810, in Larue county, Ky. They were there married, Jan. 29, 1827, and had two children in Kentucky, and moved to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving Oct., 1830, in what is now Ball township, and the next year moved to Putnam county. The Black Hawk Indian war breaking out, he returned to Sangamon county. After the capture of Black Hawk, he went back to Putnam, but sold out there, and returned to Sangamon in 1836. They had six children in Illinois. Of their children--

FRANCIS M., born Jan. 11, 1828, in Kentucky, married in Sangamon county to Louisa Proctor. They have seven children, and live in Edinburg.

JOHN W., born July 23, 1830, married in Sangamon county to Elizabeth A. McAtee. They have four children, JAMES H., SMITH, JOHN T. and LUNETTA F., and live in Cotton Hill township, four and one-half miles north of Pawnee.

GEORGE W., born Feb. 24, 1833, in Sangamon county, married Lemira Holloway, and live at Raymond, Montgomery county, Ill.

SARAH E., born Feb. 24, 1836, in Illinois, married in Sangamon county to Wm. A. Penn, moved to Texas in 1853. His widow married Mr. McCann, and lives in Texas.

WM. JASPER, born Oct. 14, 1839, in Sangamon county, married Mrs. Elizabeth Hayden, whose maiden name was Vancil. He died, leaving a widow and one child. The widow married Absolom Scott, who died, and she lives in Piatt

More About Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt:
Burial: Unknown, Rock Cemetary, Duke, OK.

More About Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt and William Anderson Penn:
Marriage: May 06, 1852, Sangamon, Illinois.

More About Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt and Andrew Jackson McCan:
Marriage: 1867

Children of Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt and William Anderson Penn are:

+John Wesley Penn, b. July 09, 1853, Cairo, Ill., d. December 09, 1928, Mansfield, TX.
James William Penn, b. 1857, d. date unknown.
Robert Gilmore Penn, b. 1859, d. date unknown.
Nancy Ann Penn, b. 1862, d. date unknown.

Children of Sarah Elizabath Greenawalt and Andrew Jackson McCan are:

George W. McCan, b. 1867, d. 1938.
Andrew Lee McCan, b. 1871, d. date unknown.
Maude E. McCan, b. 1878, d. date unknown.