Obadiah SANDS
1850 Census Bonus, Boone, Illinois, page 48B
1840 Census Deerfield, Boone, Illinois, page 152
Find A Grave Memorials, Find A Grave Memorial# 49652672
1860 Census Marengo, McHenry, Illinois, page 400
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, June 2016
SOURCES: 1. Portrait & Biographical Tecord of Winnebago & Boone Counties, Illinois, pgs 600-601, 844-845 (FHL#977.3 D3pw) 2. Boone County,Illinois Marriage Records 1838-1860 (FHL#977.329 V2st) 3. 1850 Census Bonus Twp,Boone,Illinois, pg 48, 51 (FHL#007,671) 4. Bonus Twp,Boone,Illinois, pg 2 Andrus Cemetery (FHL#977.329 V3w)
NOTE: listed as single in 1910 census, possibly divorced from wife
He married Dianitia Mallard 24 Jul 1842 at Boone, Illinois . Dianitia Mallard was born at Sumner, Tennessee 1 Oct 1810 .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Melinda A. Sands
born Abt 1843.
Obadiah Sands
born Abt 1845.
George W. Sands
born Mar 1849.
Dianitia Sands
born Dec 1851.
Obadiah Sands died 24 Aug 1856 at Bonus Prairie Twp, Boone, Illinois .
Dianitia Mallard died 14 Oct 1894 at Ludington, Mason, Michigan .