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    Sarah Lillian (Lillie) YOUNGER

    Female 1876 - 1951  (75 years)


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    • Name Sarah Lillian (Lillie) YOUNGER 
      Born 2 Feb 1876 
      Gender Female 
      Died 13 Apr 1951 
      Buried Stamford, NE Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Notes 
      • She left Henry Clay Deats when Effie was quite young. According to Dad (Rex Lewis) she said he was abusive, Uncle Jack remembers being told that Henry Clay was an alcoholic.
      • After the girls were grown she was a traveling saleswoman, selling silk scarves. E.A. Schafer was also a traveling salesman,they met since they had the same territory. They bought a car together and traveled together after that. After Henry
        Clay died, Lillian and E. A. married, but it seems that Lillian still used the name Mrs Deats. Except with her grandchildren, to them she insisted on being called Mama Deats since she, like her daughter Effie didn't want to be called
        "grandma".
      • According to Mom (Ina Wolfe Lewis), Mama Deats was so predjuced that she wouldn't even walk past a black person's house. She would go out of her way to walk down another street.
      • When Lillian died, E.A. Schafer had her buried in the plot with her parents.
      • This cemetery is one mile north of Hwy 89 in Stamford, Nebraska in Harlan County. Just turn north on Main Street in Stamford. There are no signs for at the cemetery.
      Person ID I227  Maykoski and Lewis
      Last Modified 25 Jan 2020 

      Father Richard YOUNGER,   b. 26 Jan 1846, Bullett Co., KY, (Rolling Fork Valley) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1925, Holdridge, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
      Mother Nancy Ann STRAUGHAN,   b. 2 Aug 1852, Jefferson Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Sep 1937, Martinez, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
      Married 16 Feb 1871 
      Documents
      Richard and Nancy Younger 1910 census
      Richard and Nancy Younger 1910 census
      Richard and Nancy Younger 1880 census
      Richard and Nancy Younger 1880 census
      Family ID F210  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 1 Henry Clay DEATS,   b. 25 Apr 1855, Rail Road Junction, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1932, Lincoln, NE Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
      Married 14 Jan 1897  Deatsville, KY Find all individuals with events at this location 
      Divorced Abt 1902 
      Children 
      +1. Living
      +2. Effie Lillian DEATS,   b. 8 Dec 1899, Deatsville, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1978, Martinez, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
      Family ID F156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

      Family 2 Elmer Adam Schafer,   b. 31 Jul 1887, Martel, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1954, Oxford, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
      Notes 
      • EA and Lillian both were traveling sales people. EA sold mens straw hats, ties and cookware. Lillian sold womens gloves, lace cuffs and collars. They traveled by train, but then they purchased a car and traveled together for many years. EA was divorced and Lillian was separated. After her husband died, they supposedly got married but I don't have any documents to prove that.

        EA filed for divirce from his wife, Ruby, citing extreme cruelty and asking for custody of 3 children Dec 7, 1926.

        It must not have been granted. Ruby later filed for divorce citing abandonment. On June 13, 1934. She was given custody of one minor child and $5 per week child support.

        My mother and father (Ina and Rex Lewis) say that EA was a very kind, sweet man. He must have been a glutton for punishment though, because Lillian was also a VERY difficult woman.
      Last Modified 24 Oct 2009 
      Family ID F554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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