Sarah Shelby

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She was the daughter of Isaac Shelby, who was twice governor of KY, and was a a soldier in Lord Dunmore's War, the Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. While governor, he personally led the Kentucky militia in the Battle of the Thames, an action that was rewarded with a Congressional Gold Medal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Shelby

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Sarah was the daughter of Governor Isaac Shelby and Susannah Hart. She married Dr. Ephraim McDowell in 1802 and they were the parents of nine children with only five living to adulthood.

Sarah and Ephraim were both originally buried in the Shelby Family Burying Ground in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Their remains were reinterred in 1879 in McDowell Park, which was created and dedicated in Dr. McDowell's honor by the Kentucky Medical Society on December 13th and 14th, 1879.

Four of their children remain interred in the Shelby Family Burying Ground in Lincoln County. (bio by: Deb Redmon)

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Sarah married Dr. Ephriam McDowell 1802. Ephriam (son of Colonel Samuel McDowell and Mary MCCLUNG) was born 11 Nov 1771, Augusta Co. VA; died 25 June, 1830, Danville, Mercer Co. KY; was buried , McDowell Park Danville Boyle Co. KY. [Group Sheet]