Sarah Elizabeth Salls

     Sarah Elizabeth Salls was born in September 1846 at New York; The 1900 census indicates Sarah was born in Quebec, and had 4 children, 2 still living.^1,2 She was the daughter of James Salls and Maria M. Tryon. Sarah Elizabeth Salls married Alpheus Brown before 1863 at New York.³ Sarah Elizabeth Salls married William Platt before 1872 at St Lawrence Co, New York; "Brushton, April 14 [1891] - Mrs. William Platt and son of Patterson [sic], N.J. are visiting her sister, Mrs. P. Dewey."⁴ Sarah Elizabeth Salls married (?) Flint after 1891. Sarah Elizabeth Salls died before 1911 at New Jersey; Her sister's notice for Probate mentions her niece and nephew as heirs, so Lizzie had to have died between 1900 and 1911. There is also no finding of her in the 1910 census.⁵
      As of 7 July 1860, Sarah Elizabeth Salls was also known as Elizabeth Sauls.⁶ She appeared on the census of 1900 at Paterson, Passaic Co, New Jersey; William Teufel, 30, b. PA, Nellie, 28, b. NY, Mable, 7, Violet M., 2, Lizzie Flint, mother, 53, widowed, b. Canada Fr Sept 1846, had 4 children, 2 living.²