West Virginia Pioneers

Sarah Harpold

Female 1811 - 1883  (71 years)


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  • Name Sarah Harpold 
    Born 23 Nov 1811  Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 22 Mar 1883  [2
    Buried Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4055  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father John Harpold,   b. 1 Sep 1788, Hardy Co, WVa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1871  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Rachel Sayre,   b. 12 Jan 1791, Harrison County, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1863  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 5 Mar 1810  Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 

    • 1840 Jackson, VA
      1m 5-10
      1m 15-20
      1m 20-30
      1m 50-60
      2f 10-15
      1f 40-50
      1f 60-70

      1850 Jackson, VA # 370-374
      Harpole Jno 61 M Farmer Va
      Harpole Rachel 60 F Va
      Harpole Hennetia 21 F Va
      Harpole Jno H 15 M Farmer Va
      Hinkle Jas R 8 M Va
      Sayre David Sr 87 M Farmer N Jersey

      1860 Jackson, VA # 434-401
      John 71
      Rachel 70
      Adam 41
      John A 25
      Caroline 20
      Goodwin, Joseph, 85

      1870 Mill Creek, Jackson, WV # 395-397
      Harpold, John 81 VA
      John A 35 VA
      Caroline 30 VA
      Margaret 9 VA
      James W 7 VA
      Daniel W 3 WV

      Both buried in the Harpold graveyard [now known as Mt Calvary]

      John House:
      John Harpold died March 28, 1871, aged eighty-two years six months. So reads the inscription on one of the tombstones, a stone volume giving the bare outlines of the life of one of Mill Creeks first pioneers. This much will be remembered while the stone last. "John Harpold was, and again, he was not, and the time of the beginning and the duration of this days." This much and no more, the headstone tells us, unless there be some verse of eulogy which I did not copy. Then, we know from the presence of the stone that here is the spot where his bdy was laid away when life had fled. Another stone standing at the head of another mound and bearing the legend: "Rachel, wife of John Harpold, died January 18, 1868 aged seventy-seven years one month," tells us that he was a married man and that he walked three years alone and then lay down by the side of his companion in sight of the spot, where together, they fought the battle of life.

      A simple calculation and we may know that John Harpold was born on the first day of September 1788. An obituary notice makes it November 2, 1788. Rachel Harpold was born January 12, 1791. Only this and nothing more.
    Family ID F1285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thomas Board,   b. Nov 1811, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1869  (Age ~ 57 years) 
    Married 14 Jun 1836  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Notes 

    • 1840 JC
      Thomas Board
      1m 0-5
      1m 5-10
      1m 20-30
      1f 5-10
      1f 20-30
      or
      Thomas Board Sr
      1m 5-10
      1m 10-15
      1m 20-30
      1f 0-5
      1f 20-30

      1850 JC # 421-425
      Board Thos. 37 M Gun Smith Va
      Board Sarah 37 F Va
      Board Rachel 9 F Va
      Board Absolom 7 M Va
      Board Adam 3 M Va

      1860 JC # 452-419
      Thomas Sr 47 gunsmith
      Sarah 47
      Adam 13
      John H 7
      Absalom 15

      1870 JC Mill Creek Dist # 219
      Sarah 58
      Aaron or Adam 23
      Ellen, 26, [w/o Absolom]
      John H 18


      1880 JC lower Ripley, # 23
      Absolom and family living with Sarah

      John House, "Pioneers of Jackson County", pg 196
      John House, "Some Early. . .Burying Grounds", pg 16
    Children 
     1. Rachel Board,   b. 25 Nov 1841, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Feb 1890  (Age 48 years)
     2. Absalom Board,   b. 1843, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1915  (Age 72 years)
     3. Adam Board,   b. 16 Jan 1847, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1942  (Age 94 years)
     4. John H Board,   b. 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1918  (Age 67 years)
    Family ID F1391  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S102] John House - Cemeteries.

    3. [S1205] Census, 1850 JC annotated.

    4. [S16] Marriage Records, Mason Co, WV.

    5. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.