Sarah McDougall

     Sarah was born in 1817 in New York. Sarah married Noah Townsend Carpenter, son of Townsend Carpenter and Elizabeth Truesdell, circa 1844 in Veteran, Chemung County, New York. Noah & Sarah had at least three children who died before they did - one in Illinois, one on route to California & one in California. 6 December 1850, Sarah and her husband, Noah, were listed on the U.S. Federal Census in Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois. Enumerated in this household were Noah T. Carpenter [36 New York], Sarah [32 New York], Elizabeth [5 Illinois], L. George Sherman [23 New York], Susan Sherman [19 New York], Wheaton Scoville [22 Canada] [blacksmith] & Daniel Seley [26 New York] [farmer]. Noah is a merchant.² They went to California about 1853. When Noah died, he had no living children. 12 August 1870, Noah and Sarah was listed on the U.S. Federal Census at Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. Enumerated in this household were Sarah Avery [35 ---], Noah Carpenter [54 New York], Sarah [53 New York] and others. Noah is a painter.³ Sarah departed this life after May 1876 in Sacramento, Sacramento County, California. She was living at the time of the writng of the Whitney book.