Sarah Isabelle Cabe ^{1 2 5 6 7 8}

  General Notes:

Sarah was married 3 times. Her first husband was Jonathan Johnson and was they married sometime before 1860 probably in Tennessee.

Her second husband was Jacob Gabriel Peavler, born 27 May 1834 in Sullivan County, Tennessee. They were married 27 Oct 1861 in Franklin County, Arkansas. She was known as "the lady with the black bag" for her work as a volunteer nurse for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. She reported followed Gabriel during the war and tended to the wounded after each battle. In 1870 she appears with Jacob Gabriel Peavler on the US Census in Lampasas County, Texas along with John Clay, an adopted 9 year old son. She had two other biological children with Jacob Gabriel Peavler, Sarah Frances Peavler, b. 4 Feb 1872 in Menardsville, Texas and Margaret Virginia Peavler, b. 16 Jun 1875 also in Menardsville.

Her third husband was Jacob Lightfoot. There is yet no record of the marriage which would have occurred sometime around 1879. Sarah brought into the marriage her two daughters from her previous marriage with Jacob Peavler. Both daughters were un-officially adopted by Jacob Lightfoot and they grew up using the Lightfoot surname for their entire lives. Additionally, Jacob Lightfoot and Sarah also un-officially adopted an 11-day old boy, John Wood Brandis, and he grew up using only the Lightfoot surname. Jacob Lightfoot apparently never father any children of his own.
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  Burial Notes:

Sarah and husband Jacob Lightfoot are both buried in the Rodeo, NM cemetery. No marker was put on their graves and when Margaret Virginia Lacy's children went to make arrangements to have one put there, they could not locate the graves. The early records for the cemetery have been lost.
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  Noted events in her life were:

1. 1870 US Census, 26 August 1870, Precinct 1, Lampasas, Texas, United States. ⁶ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 5
Precinct 1, Lampasas County, Texas, United States
Sarah Peavler..36..AR..Keeping House

(Living with 2nd husband and "adopted" son.)

2. 1880 US Census, 22 June 1880, Precinct 8, Buckhorn, Grant, New Mexico Territory, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 366D, District 16, Family 1, Roll 0802
Precinct 8, Buckhorn, Grant County, New Mexico Territory
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..47..AR

(Living with 3rd husband and 2 daughters.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 30 Apr 1834, then her age should have been 46 instead of 47.

3. 1900 US Census, 27 September 1900, Precinct 8 Lower Gila, Grant, New Mexico Territory, United States. ⁷ 1900 US Census
Sheet 1A, District 57, Family 258
Precinct 8 Lower Gila, Grant County, New Mexico Territory, United States
Farm owned, no mortgage
Married 10 years
Sarah E. Lightfoot..Mother-in-law..Apr 1834..66..TN..married 10 years..2/2

(Living at the home of her married daughter, Sarah.)

4. 1910 US Census, 10 May 1910, Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona, United States. ⁵ 1910 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 46, Dwelling 165, Family 180, Roll 39
Duncan, Graham County, Arizona
Home rented
Married 32 years
Sarah J. Lightfoot...Wife..77..TN..8/2 or 3

(Living with husband and grandson, Hiram Lacy.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 30 Apr 1834, then her age should have been 76 instead of 77.

5. Cemetery: Rodeo Cemetery, December 1917, Rodeo, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States. ⁸ Find A Grave Memorial 122593257

Sarah married Jonathan Johnson before 1860. (Jonathan Johnson was born in 1835 in Tennessee, United States and died after 1 June 1860.)

Sarah next married Jacob Gabriel Peavler on 27 October 1861 in Franklin, Arkansas, United States.¹ (Jacob Gabriel Peavler was born on 27 May 1834 in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States,⁶ died in 1879 in Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona Territory, United States and was buried in 1879 in Clifton, Greenlee, Arizona Territory, United States.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. Marriage Image, 27 October 1861, Franklin, Arkansas, United States. ¹

2. 1870 US Census, 26 August 1870, Precinct 1, Lampasas, Texas, United States. ⁶ 1870 US Census
Page 1, Family 5
Precinct 1, Lampasas County, Texas, United States
Gabriel Peavler..36..TN..Blacksmith
Sarah Peavler..36..AR..Keeping House
John Clay..9..TX

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Gabriel Peavler
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Oct 1861
Event Place: Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Event Place (Original): , Franklin, Arkansas, United States
Residence Place: Franklin, Arkansas
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Spouse's Name: Sarah Johnson
Spouse's Residence Place: Franklin, Arkansas
Spouse's Residence County: Franklin
Spouse's Residence State: Arkansas
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 23
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1838
Page: 287

Citing this Record
"Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N974-8WL : 18 March 2019), Sarah Johnson in entry for Gabriel Peavler, 27 Oct 1861; citing Marriage, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, county offices, Arkansas; FHL microfilm 1,034,243.
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Sarah next married Jacob Lightfoot, son of Isaac D. Lightfoot and Lydia Jones, about 1879.^{2 3 4 5} (Jacob Lightfoot was born on 9 March 1834 in Wayne, Ohio, United States,^{3 5 9 10 11 12} died in 1920 in San Simon, Cochise County, Arizona ¹² and was buried in 1920 in Rodeo, Hidalgo, New Mexico, United States ¹².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1880 US Census, 22 June 1880, Precinct 8, Buckhorn, Grant, New Mexico Territory, United States. ² 1880 US Census
Page 366D, District 16, Family 1, Roll 0802
Precinct 8, Buckhorn, Grant County, New Mexico Territory
Jacob Lightfoot..Self..47..OH..Farmer
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..47..AR
Sarah Lightfoot..(Step)Daughter..7..AR..At Home
Margaret Lightfoot..(Step)Daughter..5..TN..At Home

2. 1885 New Mexico Territorial Census, June 1885, Gila District, Grant, New Mexico Territory, United States. ³ 1885 New Mexico Territorial Census
Page 99, District 11, Dwelling 961
Gila District, Grant County, New Mexico Territory
Jake Lightfoot..51..IL..Ranchman
Sarah Lightfoot..Wife..51..TX
Sarah F. Pevela..Stepdaughter..13..TX
Virginia Pevela..Stepdaughter..10..TX
John Lightfoot..(Adopted)Son..4..NM

3. 1910 US Census, 10 May 1910, Duncan, Greenlee, Arizona, United States. ⁵ 1910 US Census
Sheet 11B, District 46, Family 180, Roll 39
Duncan, Graham County, Arizona
Home rented
Married 32 years
Jacob Lightfoot..Head..76..OH
Sarah J. Lightfoot..Wife..77..TN..8/2 or 3
Hiram W. Lacy..Grandson..18..NM..Farmer

  Marriage Notes:

Jacob and Sarah never had any children of their own. Sarah had brought her two daughters from her previous marriage to Jacob Peavler. In late 1880, they un-officially adopted an 11-day old infant, John Wood Brandis.
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For the 1900 US Census in the Lower Gila Valley, Grant County, New Mexico Territory, Jacob was living at the home of his married "adopted" son, John Wood Brandis who used the Lightfoot surname along with John's wife, Dora. Meanwhile, Jacob's wife, Sarah, was living at the next home on the census form with her married daughter, Sarah Francis and her family. It is not known just how close these 2 homes were to each other.

It is interesting to note that on the 1900 US Census form, Sarah indicated that she had been married for about 10 years instead of the expected 20 years. Meanwhile, Jacob had indicated on his enumeration that he had been married for 21 years which would place their marriage date at about the expected 1879. The 10 year figure for Sarah is probably an enumerator error as it duplicates the marriage years for the head of that household, Robert Herrell and his wife, Sarah Francis Peavler.
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Sarah and Jacob Lightfoot are both buried in the Rodeo, NM cemetery. No marker was put on their graves and when Margaret Virginia Lacy's children went to make arrangements to have one put there, they could not locate the graves. The early records for the cemetery have been lost. John Hancock and Margaret Virginia Lacy are both buried in the Lordsburg, NM cemetery and there is a marker on their graves.
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