SARAH DEAN PUGH-MORROW was born on 30 January 1917 in Sweet Water, Marengo County, Alabama to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Marion-Pugh.
Sarah FIRST married Vernon Eugene Walker on 26 March 1933, and they had ONE son:
Bobby Jay Walker (1934 - 2021).
Sarah's SECOND marriage was to Robert A. Morrow circa 01 November 1940, and they had THREE sons:
Morris Enon Morrow (Living),
Dennis Martin Morrow (1942 - 2018), and
Jon Kay Morrow (Living).
Sarah had a hard, but rewarding life, and was never the type to complain. I did not know how difficult her life was until I was older, and conducted genealogy research. I never understood why her eyes looked distant and sad, and she would not answer questions for my 8th grade history project about her ancestors, other than her parents' and maternal grandmother's names. But when I was old enough to go to a genealogy library, I discovered that her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Pugh, passed away when my grandmother was 14, and her father, Aaron Jefferson Pugh, was killed 2 years later (when she was 16) in a work related accident. He fell off a bridge that he was constructing and cracked his skull.
The accident caused my grandmother to become an orphan at the age of 16. She had married Vernon Walker in March 1933 and had only been married for 3 months when her father died, then 6 months later in December she was pregnant, and gave birth to her first child 9 months later in Aug 1934. She was forced to drop out of High School, and start working full-time, instead of just after school. She was married at 16, and divorced within a few years with a child to raise.
Many years later (circa 1940) she married my grandfather, and they had 3 children of their own. Even though she was in a more stable relationship they lived out in the country without running water or electricity. She scrubbed the family's clothes on an old washboard, until they purchased a ringer washer, which used boiling water and a hand crank. She cooked from a wood stove, and cleaned the big cattle trucks out after my grandfather returned from selling cattle.
My father, Morris Morrow, remembers one time when she was up on a ladder clipping the hedge, and she lost her balance then fell into a barbed-wire fence. Dad says she was cut all over from the accident, but that she never dwelled on her pain; she picked herself up, finished the work and started dinner without a word. She has always been the strong sort of person that took care of her family first. After her children were grown, Sarah worked as an Administrator at the Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health School in Victoria, Texas, (120 David Wade Drive), until her retirement. In her later years she was confined to her bed with arthritis & dementia, and it was a time for her family to return the love and support she had always shown others.
In the hopes of restoring some of the dignity that age and health worked to steal from my grandmother, I researched my Grandmother's heritage and let her know I was interested in her family's story. I found that her ancestors fought for our nations' freedom in the American Revolution; both her Great-Great-Grandfather (Elijah Pugh), and (his father) her Great-Great-Great-Grandfather (Jesse Pugh) served in the Revolution, and earned land grants for their service. They fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek, the Battle of Augusta, and several Battles in Georgia and South Carolina. Elijah's wife, Ruth Julian-Pugh was of French heritage, and is said to have carried messages across the battlefield as a teenager. During one mission she was stopped by British troops, but was able to destroy the documents she carried in a campfire, before they could discover the secret she carried. I was able to present my Grandmother with a DAR Membership Certificate while she was still cognizant of what it was, and she was so happy to learn about her heritage.
Sarah passed away on 09 December 2009 and was cremated. Her son's have not decided what they will do with her ashes.
©Mark Morrow
REFERENCES:
1. CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Sweet Water, Marengo Co, Alabama.
2. 10 July 1920 Thomaston Town, Marengo County, Alabama Census, (ED: 70, Stamped 99A, Sheet 25A, Family #49, Line 42), Parents' Household, Aaron J. & Sallie L. Pugh.
3. 18 April 1930 Luling City, Caldwell County, Texas Census, (ED: 28-8, Stamped 176A, Sheet 23A, Family #520, Line 9), Parents' Hosehold, Aaron Jefferson & Sally Pugh.
4. Interview with my Grandmother, Sarah Dean Pugh-Morrow, Dec 23, 1979.
5. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, P 64, #9880:
Groom: V E Walker.
Bride: Sarah Dean Pugh.
License: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
Married: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Caldwell County, Texas.
Officiated: J Henry Martindale, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Caldwell Co, TX.
Returned & Filed: 27 March 1933.
Recorded: 28 April 1933.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
6. Published in Victoria Advocate on 11 December 2009:
SARAH DEAN MORROW
VICTORIA - Sarah Dean Morrow, age 92, of Victoria, died Dec. 9, 2009. She was born in Sweetwater, Ala. on Jan. 30, 1917 to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sallie Lavonia (Marion) Pugh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Robert A. Morrow.
She is survived by four sons: Bobby J. Walker of Seguin, Morris E. Morrow of Harlingen, Dennis M. Morrow of Weatherford, and Jon K. Morrow of Victoria; 13 grandchildren; other family members; and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the Fellowship Bible Church in Victoria with the Rev. Mike Malone officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Please sign the guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.
Sarah FIRST married Vernon Eugene Walker on 26 March 1933, and they had ONE son:
Bobby Jay Walker (1934 - 2021).
Sarah's SECOND marriage was to Robert A. Morrow circa 01 November 1940, and they had THREE sons:
Morris Enon Morrow (Living),
Dennis Martin Morrow (1942 - 2018), and
Jon Kay Morrow (Living).
Sarah had a hard, but rewarding life, and was never the type to complain. I did not know how difficult her life was until I was older, and conducted genealogy research. I never understood why her eyes looked distant and sad, and she would not answer questions for my 8th grade history project about her ancestors, other than her parents' and maternal grandmother's names. But when I was old enough to go to a genealogy library, I discovered that her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Pugh, passed away when my grandmother was 14, and her father, Aaron Jefferson Pugh, was killed 2 years later (when she was 16) in a work related accident. He fell off a bridge that he was constructing and cracked his skull.
The accident caused my grandmother to become an orphan at the age of 16. She had married Vernon Walker in March 1933 and had only been married for 3 months when her father died, then 6 months later in December she was pregnant, and gave birth to her first child 9 months later in Aug 1934. She was forced to drop out of High School, and start working full-time, instead of just after school. She was married at 16, and divorced within a few years with a child to raise.
Many years later (circa 1940) she married my grandfather, and they had 3 children of their own. Even though she was in a more stable relationship they lived out in the country without running water or electricity. She scrubbed the family's clothes on an old washboard, until they purchased a ringer washer, which used boiling water and a hand crank. She cooked from a wood stove, and cleaned the big cattle trucks out after my grandfather returned from selling cattle.
My father, Morris Morrow, remembers one time when she was up on a ladder clipping the hedge, and she lost her balance then fell into a barbed-wire fence. Dad says she was cut all over from the accident, but that she never dwelled on her pain; she picked herself up, finished the work and started dinner without a word. She has always been the strong sort of person that took care of her family first. After her children were grown, Sarah worked as an Administrator at the Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health School in Victoria, Texas, (120 David Wade Drive), until her retirement. In her later years she was confined to her bed with arthritis & dementia, and it was a time for her family to return the love and support she had always shown others.
In the hopes of restoring some of the dignity that age and health worked to steal from my grandmother, I researched my Grandmother's heritage and let her know I was interested in her family's story. I found that her ancestors fought for our nations' freedom in the American Revolution; both her Great-Great-Grandfather (Elijah Pugh), and (his father) her Great-Great-Great-Grandfather (Jesse Pugh) served in the Revolution, and earned land grants for their service. They fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek, the Battle of Augusta, and several Battles in Georgia and South Carolina. Elijah's wife, Ruth Julian-Pugh was of French heritage, and is said to have carried messages across the battlefield as a teenager. During one mission she was stopped by British troops, but was able to destroy the documents she carried in a campfire, before they could discover the secret she carried. I was able to present my Grandmother with a DAR Membership Certificate while she was still cognizant of what it was, and she was so happy to learn about her heritage.
Sarah passed away on 09 December 2009 and was cremated. Her son's have not decided what they will do with her ashes.
©Mark Morrow
REFERENCES:
1. CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Sweet Water, Marengo Co, Alabama.
2. 10 July 1920 Thomaston Town, Marengo County, Alabama Census, (ED: 70, Stamped 99A, Sheet 25A, Family #49, Line 42), Parents' Household, Aaron J. & Sallie L. Pugh.
3. 18 April 1930 Luling City, Caldwell County, Texas Census, (ED: 28-8, Stamped 176A, Sheet 23A, Family #520, Line 9), Parents' Hosehold, Aaron Jefferson & Sally Pugh.
4. Interview with my Grandmother, Sarah Dean Pugh-Morrow, Dec 23, 1979.
5. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, P 64, #9880:
Groom: V E Walker.
Bride: Sarah Dean Pugh.
License: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
Married: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Caldwell County, Texas.
Officiated: J Henry Martindale, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Caldwell Co, TX.
Returned & Filed: 27 March 1933.
Recorded: 28 April 1933.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
6. Published in Victoria Advocate on 11 December 2009:
SARAH DEAN MORROW
VICTORIA - Sarah Dean Morrow, age 92, of Victoria, died Dec. 9, 2009. She was born in Sweetwater, Ala. on Jan. 30, 1917 to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sallie Lavonia (Marion) Pugh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Robert A. Morrow.
She is survived by four sons: Bobby J. Walker of Seguin, Morris E. Morrow of Harlingen, Dennis M. Morrow of Weatherford, and Jon K. Morrow of Victoria; 13 grandchildren; other family members; and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the Fellowship Bible Church in Victoria with the Rev. Mike Malone officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Please sign the guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.
SARAH DEAN PUGH-MORROW was born on 30 January 1917 in Sweet Water, Marengo County, Alabama to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Marion-Pugh.
Sarah FIRST married Vernon Eugene Walker on 26 March 1933, and they had ONE son:
Bobby Jay Walker (1934 - 2021).
Sarah's SECOND marriage was to Robert A. Morrow circa 01 November 1940, and they had THREE sons:
Morris Enon Morrow (Living),
Dennis Martin Morrow (1942 - 2018), and
Jon Kay Morrow (Living).
Sarah had a hard, but rewarding life, and was never the type to complain. I did not know how difficult her life was until I was older, and conducted genealogy research. I never understood why her eyes looked distant and sad, and she would not answer questions for my 8th grade history project about her ancestors, other than her parents' and maternal grandmother's names. But when I was old enough to go to a genealogy library, I discovered that her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Pugh, passed away when my grandmother was 14, and her father, Aaron Jefferson Pugh, was killed 2 years later (when she was 16) in a work related accident. He fell off a bridge that he was constructing and cracked his skull.
The accident caused my grandmother to become an orphan at the age of 16. She had married Vernon Walker in March 1933 and had only been married for 3 months when her father died, then 6 months later in December she was pregnant, and gave birth to her first child 9 months later in Aug 1934. She was forced to drop out of High School, and start working full-time, instead of just after school. She was married at 16, and divorced within a few years with a child to raise.
Many years later (circa 1940) she married my grandfather, and they had 3 children of their own. Even though she was in a more stable relationship they lived out in the country without running water or electricity. She scrubbed the family's clothes on an old washboard, until they purchased a ringer washer, which used boiling water and a hand crank. She cooked from a wood stove, and cleaned the big cattle trucks out after my grandfather returned from selling cattle.
My father, Morris Morrow, remembers one time when she was up on a ladder clipping the hedge, and she lost her balance then fell into a barbed-wire fence. Dad says she was cut all over from the accident, but that she never dwelled on her pain; she picked herself up, finished the work and started dinner without a word. She has always been the strong sort of person that took care of her family first. After her children were grown, Sarah worked as an Administrator at the Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health School in Victoria, Texas, (120 David Wade Drive), until her retirement. In her later years she was confined to her bed with arthritis & dementia, and it was a time for her family to return the love and support she had always shown others.
In the hopes of restoring some of the dignity that age and health worked to steal from my grandmother, I researched my Grandmother's heritage and let her know I was interested in her family's story. I found that her ancestors fought for our nations' freedom in the American Revolution; both her Great-Great-Grandfather (Elijah Pugh), and (his father) her Great-Great-Great-Grandfather (Jesse Pugh) served in the Revolution, and earned land grants for their service. They fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek, the Battle of Augusta, and several Battles in Georgia and South Carolina. Elijah's wife, Ruth Julian-Pugh was of French heritage, and is said to have carried messages across the battlefield as a teenager. During one mission she was stopped by British troops, but was able to destroy the documents she carried in a campfire, before they could discover the secret she carried. I was able to present my Grandmother with a DAR Membership Certificate while she was still cognizant of what it was, and she was so happy to learn about her heritage.
Sarah passed away on 09 December 2009 and was cremated. Her son's have not decided what they will do with her ashes.
©Mark Morrow
REFERENCES:
1. CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Sweet Water, Marengo Co, Alabama.
2. 10 July 1920 Thomaston Town, Marengo County, Alabama Census, (ED: 70, Stamped 99A, Sheet 25A, Family #49, Line 42), Parents' Household, Aaron J. & Sallie L. Pugh.
3. 18 April 1930 Luling City, Caldwell County, Texas Census, (ED: 28-8, Stamped 176A, Sheet 23A, Family #520, Line 9), Parents' Hosehold, Aaron Jefferson & Sally Pugh.
4. Interview with my Grandmother, Sarah Dean Pugh-Morrow, Dec 23, 1979.
5. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, P 64, #9880:
Groom: V E Walker.
Bride: Sarah Dean Pugh.
License: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
Married: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Caldwell County, Texas.
Officiated: J Henry Martindale, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Caldwell Co, TX.
Returned & Filed: 27 March 1933.
Recorded: 28 April 1933.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
6. Published in Victoria Advocate on 11 December 2009:
SARAH DEAN MORROW
VICTORIA - Sarah Dean Morrow, age 92, of Victoria, died Dec. 9, 2009. She was born in Sweetwater, Ala. on Jan. 30, 1917 to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sallie Lavonia (Marion) Pugh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Robert A. Morrow.
She is survived by four sons: Bobby J. Walker of Seguin, Morris E. Morrow of Harlingen, Dennis M. Morrow of Weatherford, and Jon K. Morrow of Victoria; 13 grandchildren; other family members; and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the Fellowship Bible Church in Victoria with the Rev. Mike Malone officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Please sign the guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.
Sarah FIRST married Vernon Eugene Walker on 26 March 1933, and they had ONE son:
Bobby Jay Walker (1934 - 2021).
Sarah's SECOND marriage was to Robert A. Morrow circa 01 November 1940, and they had THREE sons:
Morris Enon Morrow (Living),
Dennis Martin Morrow (1942 - 2018), and
Jon Kay Morrow (Living).
Sarah had a hard, but rewarding life, and was never the type to complain. I did not know how difficult her life was until I was older, and conducted genealogy research. I never understood why her eyes looked distant and sad, and she would not answer questions for my 8th grade history project about her ancestors, other than her parents' and maternal grandmother's names. But when I was old enough to go to a genealogy library, I discovered that her mother, Sarah "Sallie" Lavonia Pugh, passed away when my grandmother was 14, and her father, Aaron Jefferson Pugh, was killed 2 years later (when she was 16) in a work related accident. He fell off a bridge that he was constructing and cracked his skull.
The accident caused my grandmother to become an orphan at the age of 16. She had married Vernon Walker in March 1933 and had only been married for 3 months when her father died, then 6 months later in December she was pregnant, and gave birth to her first child 9 months later in Aug 1934. She was forced to drop out of High School, and start working full-time, instead of just after school. She was married at 16, and divorced within a few years with a child to raise.
Many years later (circa 1940) she married my grandfather, and they had 3 children of their own. Even though she was in a more stable relationship they lived out in the country without running water or electricity. She scrubbed the family's clothes on an old washboard, until they purchased a ringer washer, which used boiling water and a hand crank. She cooked from a wood stove, and cleaned the big cattle trucks out after my grandfather returned from selling cattle.
My father, Morris Morrow, remembers one time when she was up on a ladder clipping the hedge, and she lost her balance then fell into a barbed-wire fence. Dad says she was cut all over from the accident, but that she never dwelled on her pain; she picked herself up, finished the work and started dinner without a word. She has always been the strong sort of person that took care of her family first. After her children were grown, Sarah worked as an Administrator at the Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health School in Victoria, Texas, (120 David Wade Drive), until her retirement. In her later years she was confined to her bed with arthritis & dementia, and it was a time for her family to return the love and support she had always shown others.
In the hopes of restoring some of the dignity that age and health worked to steal from my grandmother, I researched my Grandmother's heritage and let her know I was interested in her family's story. I found that her ancestors fought for our nations' freedom in the American Revolution; both her Great-Great-Grandfather (Elijah Pugh), and (his father) her Great-Great-Great-Grandfather (Jesse Pugh) served in the Revolution, and earned land grants for their service. They fought at the Battle of Kettle Creek, the Battle of Augusta, and several Battles in Georgia and South Carolina. Elijah's wife, Ruth Julian-Pugh was of French heritage, and is said to have carried messages across the battlefield as a teenager. During one mission she was stopped by British troops, but was able to destroy the documents she carried in a campfire, before they could discover the secret she carried. I was able to present my Grandmother with a DAR Membership Certificate while she was still cognizant of what it was, and she was so happy to learn about her heritage.
Sarah passed away on 09 December 2009 and was cremated. Her son's have not decided what they will do with her ashes.
©Mark Morrow
REFERENCES:
1. CERTIFIED BIRTH CERTIFICATE: Sweet Water, Marengo Co, Alabama.
2. 10 July 1920 Thomaston Town, Marengo County, Alabama Census, (ED: 70, Stamped 99A, Sheet 25A, Family #49, Line 42), Parents' Household, Aaron J. & Sallie L. Pugh.
3. 18 April 1930 Luling City, Caldwell County, Texas Census, (ED: 28-8, Stamped 176A, Sheet 23A, Family #520, Line 9), Parents' Hosehold, Aaron Jefferson & Sally Pugh.
4. Interview with my Grandmother, Sarah Dean Pugh-Morrow, Dec 23, 1979.
5. Texas County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, P 64, #9880:
Groom: V E Walker.
Bride: Sarah Dean Pugh.
License: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Lockhart, Caldwell County, Texas.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
Married: 26 Mar 1933.
Place: Caldwell County, Texas.
Officiated: J Henry Martindale, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Caldwell Co, TX.
Returned & Filed: 27 March 1933.
Recorded: 28 April 1933.
Caldwell County Clerk: Howard H Kelley.
Deputy Clerk: L E Shinn.
6. Published in Victoria Advocate on 11 December 2009:
SARAH DEAN MORROW
VICTORIA - Sarah Dean Morrow, age 92, of Victoria, died Dec. 9, 2009. She was born in Sweetwater, Ala. on Jan. 30, 1917 to Aaron Jefferson Pugh and Sallie Lavonia (Marion) Pugh.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Robert A. Morrow.
She is survived by four sons: Bobby J. Walker of Seguin, Morris E. Morrow of Harlingen, Dennis M. Morrow of Weatherford, and Jon K. Morrow of Victoria; 13 grandchildren; other family members; and many friends.
A memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the Fellowship Bible Church in Victoria with the Rev. Mike Malone officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Please sign the guest book at www.finchfuneralchapels.com.
