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: May have been born 21 Dec 1802
NOTE: not with family at time of 1850 census, no marriage found in Boone, Illinois, not found in 1850 census
NOTES: William was assassinated at his home by a man who fired at him while he was returning from his office. He was shot in the arm twice and in the leg once. His arm had to be amputated.
He married Mary Orr Abt 1823 at Delaware, New York . Mary Orr was born at Delaware, New York Jan 1803 daughter of Walter F. Orr and Mary E. Craig .
They were the parents of 8
children:
Maria Sands
born 1824.
Betsy Sands
born 2 Apr 1826.
Artemissa Sands
born 1 Mar 1828.
Olive Sands
born Abt 1830.
George Sands
born Abt 1832.
Frederick Sands
born 20 Mar 1833.
Odessa Sands
born 15 Feb 1834.
William Butler Ogden Sands
born 1838.
Obadiah Sands died 24 Aug 1856 at Bonus Prairie Twp, Boone, Illinois .
Mary Orr died 4 Jul 1840 at Bonus Twp, Boone, Illinois .