Treasure Chest Thursday~Marriage Licensee, Sarah Frances Gathings and John Calvin Deese

In October 1889, John Calvin Deese lost his first wife to complications related to childbirth. This left him with 4 small daughters, ages 5 to newborn and in a very precarious situation since he was a farmer with daily chores that required attention.^{1 2} 

John Calvin needed a wife and mother for his children. That young lady turned out to be Sarah Frances Gathings, age 33, daughter of William W. Gathings and his wife Charlotte Jones. ³

John Calvin and Sarah Frances Gathings were married on 4 February 1892 in Morven, Anson County, NC. ⁴

John Calvin was 34 year of age, a son of Samuel Deese and Sarah “Sallie” Hill. Sarah Frances was 33 years of age; this was her first marriage. 

John and Sarah Frances would raise a family of 6 daughters, three from his first marriage and three from the second marriage. Both the baby and mother succumb during childbirth in 1889; the baby surviving one year and one day. 

John Calvin died on 1 April 1930. Sarah Frances lived another twenty years passing away on 5 March 1950. John Calvin and Sarah Frances are buried in the Morven Cemetery, Morven, North Carolina. ^{5 6}








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[1] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed June 2011); Memorial page for Louvena Huneycutt Deese; (10 November 1857–16 October 1889); Find a Grave memorial # 80710365, Citing Cedar Creek Meeting House Cemetery; Lilesville, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
[2] 1900 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) #8, Page 152A; Line 26, Dwelling 52, Family 52, Household of Calvin DEES; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 October 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1181.
[3] 1880 US Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 002, Page 346B (stamped); Line 13, Dwelling 153, Family 168, Household of William GATHINGS; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 3 April 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm T9, Roll 951.
[4] State of North Carolina, marriage (4 February 1892), John Calvin Deese & Frances Gathings; https://www.ancestry.com, Wadesboro, Anson County, North Carolina. {Marriage Licensse courtesy of Steve Bailey}
[5] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 January 2010); Memorial page for John Calvin Deese; (10 November 1854–1 April 1930); Find a Grave memorial # 38280047, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.
[6] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 2 January 2010); Memorial page for Sarah Francis Gathings Deese; (6 October 1858–5 March 1949); Find a Grave memorial # 38280007, Citing Morven Cemetery; Morven, Anson County, North Carolina, USA.