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Sarah Farley Headley, wife of Dr. Caleb Headley. #Appalachia #history

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The family of Dr. Caleb Headley, #CivilWar veteran, is profiled. #Appalachia #history

On July 18, 1903, Billy and Sarah Sias, with Sarah and Moses C. Headley, sold 30 of the remaining 34 acres of Caleb Headley’s estate to Cosby (Headley) Fry. It was located just across the creek from Caleb’s old home place.

“Beginning on a beech and white…

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The family of Dr. Caleb Headley, a #CivilWar veteran, is profiled. #Appalachia #history

In 1881, Dr. Caleb Headley died of a lingering Civil War wound, leaving his young widow, Sarah, in a tough predicament. As the 32-year-old mother of six children – ranging in age from fifteen to two – she assumed charge of the family estate (a $100 house…

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Caleb Headley, an #Appalachian country doctor, is profiled. #history #medicine

The new “Mrs. Headley” – Sarah Farley – was born on May 26, 1849 to William Floyd and Elizabeth Jane (Clark) Jones-Farley in Logan County, (West) Virginia. She was a full 21 years younger than Caleb’s oldest child and barely older than his youngest child…

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Caleb Headley, a West Virginia Union #veteran and country doctor, is profiled. #Appalachia #history #CivilWar

In the years following the Civil War, Caleb Headley migrated from Wetzel County, West Virginia to the Sulphur Spring Fork of Fourteen Mile Creek in Lincoln County, bringing with him a young wife and some degree of knowledge about medicine. Behind him were…

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In 1855 Green Shoal became the first post office in the Harts area, with Burbus C. Toney acting as postmaster. At that time, the Kiah’s Creek United Baptist Church in nearby Wayne County served the religious needs of the community. Politically, the area…

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