Sarah Deborah Adams

Sarah Deborah Adams

• Father: John Marsh Adams b. 16 April 1801, d. January 1853
• Mother: Sarah Susannah McMurphy b. 6 September 1806, d. 26 July 1901

• Sarah Deborah Adams was born on 18 July 1832 in South Carolina.
• She married George Gray McWhorter, son of Jacob Gray McWhorter and Susan Clarke Smith, on 8 October 1860 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.
• George Gray McWhorter and Sarah Deborah Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Augusta PO, Richmond County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Jacob Gray McWhorter, Sarah Adams McWhorter and Annie Adams McWhorter. The household staff numbered five females and one male.
• George Gray McWhorter and Sarah Deborah Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Jacob Gray McWhorter, Sarah Adams McWhorter and Annie Adams McWhorter. There also were two female domestic servants in the household.
• She was a school teacher, according to the 1880 census.
• The following appeared on 8 July 1887 in the Augusta Chronicle: Maj. and Mrs. George G. McWhorter left yesterday morning for Asheville, N. C. . . . Miss Annie McWhorter left yesterday morning to visit her sister, Mrs. Sturgiss, at Fairfield, Conn.
• The following appeared on 17 October 1888 in the Augusta Chronicle: Miss McWhorter was an acknowledged leader in Morehead City and at Asheville. . . . Mrs. Adams, Miss Annie Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McWhorter and Miss McWhorter arrived last evening from the mountains of North Carolina.
• Sarah Deborah Adams became a widow at the 10 April 1896 death of her husband George Gray McWhorter.
• Sarah Deborah Adams appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Summerville, Richmond County, South Carolina, living with a cook and housekeeper, next to her mother and sister Anna.
• The following is excerpted from an obituary of Sarah McMurphy Adams, published on 27 July 1901, "The deceased is survived by her children, Mrs. Joseph Ganahl, Mrs. Sarah McWhorter, Miss Annie Adams, Mr. John Adams; her grandchildren, Mrs. P. A. Stovall of Savannah, Miss Harriet Ganahl of New York, Mr. A. G. Ganahl, of Washington, and Mr. Joseph Ganahl of this city, Mr. Adams Ganahl of Savannah, Mrs. Sturges of New York, Mrs. Charles Bryan of New Berne, N. C. "
• Sarah Deborah Adams died on 25 March 1915 at age 82 in Richmond County, Georgia.
• She was interred at Summerville Cemetery, Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

• Last Edited: 18 Dec 2014