Sarah Flow ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LR4L-B73.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Philadelphia District, Mecklenburg, NC. ² The 1850 census recorded in the Philadelphia District of Mecklenburg County: Mrs. Margt Flow, widow, 50, living with son Columbus, constable, 30; daughters Ellen, 23, and Sarah, 18; son Ambrose, 16; daughter Margt, 11; and a millwright named Benjamin Glenn, 21. Next door are...
Jonathan Flow, farmer, 34, is with wife Eliza, 31; Nancy, 8; Thomas, 6; and stepchildren Mary White, 16, Alexander White, 14, and Margt White, 11.
James Flow, farmer, 30, is wife Melinda, 30; David, 5; George, 2; and Columbus, 3 months old when the census was recorded on 16 Sep 1850.

2. Census in 1870 in Concord, Cabarrus, NC. ³ The 1870 census recorded R. W. Russel, farmer, 40, living with wife Sarah, 39; David R., farm hand, 16; Margt E., farm hand, 15; John F., farm hand, 13; Stephen C., 11; Sarah R., 8; Minnie J., 4. Also in the home is John Luckmoss, black, 8.

The post office was Concord.

3. Census in 1880 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC. The 1880 census recorded Robert Russell, farmer, 49, living with wife Sarah, 48; son Stephan, works on farm, 19; and daughters Rona, 15, and Minnie, 13. Everyone and their parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1900 in , Rowan, NC. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded Sarah Russell, widow, 67, born Sep 1832, living with her son Steven Russell, farmer, 36, Jun 1863, and his family.

Sarah married Robert Washington Russell on 19 Jan 1853 in , Mecklenburg, NC. (Robert Washington Russell was born on 23 Aug 1830 in , , NC,^{5 6} died on 19 Apr 1888 in Atwell Township, Rowan, NC ^{5 6} and was buried in Mill Bridge: Thyatira Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Rowan, NC ^{5 6}.)