Sarah Tennessee Churchman

Joseph Azor and Sarah T. Churchman taken shortly after their marriage in 1880 (This picture is copied from a tintype photo.)

• Sex: F
• Born: October 10, 1868 in Jefferson County, Tennessee
• Died: July 3, 1937 in Cooke County, Texas
• Buried: Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas
• Notes: Sarah's nickname was Tennie. Tennie was Joseph A. Bone's third wife. He married two sisters previously, and both had died. Joseph was quite a bit older than Tennie. Joseph and Tennie's first child was Walter William Bone. According to Stephie Bone, Walter caught pneumonia after fighting a prairie fire and died at the early age of 22.
  
  One story about Joseph is that one day, in order to beat a rival to his girl friend's house, he put his clothes on his head and swam across the White River at Batesville, Arkansas.
  
  Joseph had one son from a previous marriage, named Edgar Walter Bone, born October, 1880. Edgar died of typhoid fever.

Father: William H. Churchman, b. August 18, 1838 in Jefferson County, Tennessee

Mother: Annie E. ??, b. ca 1851 in Tennessee

Family 1: Joseph Azor Bone, b. March 9, 1851 in Washington Township, Independence County, Arkansas -- d. March 8, 1923 in Hastings, Oklahoma -- buried in Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

• Married: November 19, 1884 in Tarrant County, Texas by A. J. Hallford

1. Walter William Bone, b. June 19, 1886 in Tarrant County, Texas -- d. September 11, 1908 in Texas -- buried in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas
2. Annie Olive Bone, b. April 23, 1888 in Tarrant County, Texas
3. Beauforte Albert Bone, b. March 15, 1890 in Grapevine, Texas
4. Stephie Alexander Bone, b. December 14, 1891 in Tarrant County, Texas
5. Sidney Bernie Bone, b. December, 1893 in Tarrant County, Texas
6. Jennie Auretta Bone, b. October, 1896 in Gainesville, Texas
7. Laura Ona Bone, b. August 14, 1899 in Tarrant County, Texas -- d. January 8, 1972 in Grand Prairie, Texas -- buried in Valley View Cemetery, Valley View, Cooke County, Texas
8. Roy Clifford Bone, b. July 28, 1901 in Cooke County, Texas
9. Gladys Lorena Bone, b. December 3, 1906 in Era, Cooke County, Texas

Sources:

1. Interview with Ruby Churchman
2. Research by Sandra Pryor (grand-daughter of Stephie Bone)
3. Picture contributed by Sandra Pryor
4. Joseph A. Bone's Death Certificate and Joseph and Sarah T. Bone's Marriage License
5. Texas 1900 and 1910 Census Records
6. Research on Valley View Cemetery by Norman Newton