Sarah Jane Rice

Alternate Names
Sarah Jane Magee (Married Name)
Sarah Jane McKeachie (Married Name)
Birth Date
On 1825 August 22
Death Date
On 1890 December 7
Gender
Female

Sarah crossed the Atlantic on the ship George W. Bourne in 1851 with her husband William McKeachie and five children: John (age 12), Emma (age 7), James (age 5), Sarah ( age 3) and William (an infant.)  They were all on the ill-fated steamboat Saluda.  William, John and baby William were apparently killed in the explosion.  Sarah and three of her children (ages 8, 7 & 3) were listed among the severely injured by the Lexington Express newspaper in an "Extra"  on 13 April 1852.  At some point widow McKeachie married William Magee, a fellow passenger on the Saluda, and on 17 October 1852 she was rebaptized in Salt Lake City, Utah as Sarah McGee.  In the 1860 Utah census she was Sarah "Magae" at Ogden, Utah but in 1870 she was Sarah "Magee" in Churchill County, Nevada.  She was buried at Wadsworth, Washo County, Nevada.  Her birth and death dates are confirmed by the inscription on her gravestone, which lists her name as "Sarah J. Magee."

Her daughters Sarah and Emma accompanied her to Utah.  The fate of her son James is unknown.

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1825 August 22

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Occurred On 1825 August 22
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1852 (Age 26)

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Occurred Circa 1852
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Circa 1852
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Married William Magee

1853 September 16 (Age 28)

Died

1890 December 7 (Age 65)

Date Details

Occurred On 1890 December 7
Died

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