General Notes

BIOGRAPHY: Sally was just three years old when her parent
s set out by wagon train to Indiana. Thinking that she wa
s too small and fragile to make the trip, they made arrange
ments with her uncle Thomas to keep Sally. Then they sent h
er to the spring for water "for the trip". When she returne
d with the water, they had gone and she was left behind. Sh
e spent her teen years as a domestic in the home of an Albr
ight family.
She married a young neighbor farmer, Atlas Perry. In 1852
, Atlas had become an unwed father. The boy was named Alfre
d Marion Ivey, born to Margaret Ivey. Sally realized that l
iving conditions were terrible for the little boy, and soo
n she and Atlas adopted him and took him home. Alfred was a
ccepted and loved by everyone.
For a "fragile" child, Sally lived a long and healthy life
. She died at the age of 85, on the day of her granddaughte
r's wedding.