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Inf re is no sycvuianw fact that Mrs. Sarah B. N. Ridge is listed in the 1840 census as head of a household. However, there is uncertainty as to how long she remained in Fayetteville, since she is not listed in the 1850 census of Washington County.She brought her family to Fayetteville at the urging of friends who feared they were in danger because of the Wood bath which had taken the lives of her husband: her father inlaw. The Ridge (or Major Ridge as he was known by the whites) and Elias Boudinot. a nephew of Major Ridge and brother ofStand Watie.Her family, when she came to Fayetteville included, in ad dition to Miss Sawyer, her old est son, John Rollin, 12; Herman D., birthdate unknown; Aeneas. 8: Andrew Jacksonwho was 4. and three daughters: Clarinda. listed as feeble minded in the settlement of John Ridge’s estate; Susan C. who was 10. and the youngest child, Flora. Flora had noted her second birthday on April 5, two months before her father was assassinated at his homeat Honey Creek, at the north-
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Northwest Arkansas Times
Fayetteville, Arkansas, US
Wed, Aug 18, 1971
Page 30
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