Sarah Isabelle Stokes

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Aft 1863, Colorado

Family/Spouse: Joseph Hardin. Joseph died between 1862 and 1863 in Florence, Fremont Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From: emlegglstn@aol.com
Date: 12/30/14 20:34:42
To: lumoto@aol.com

Subject: Re: Esther Lamira Moore Young, wife of James Young
Belle Hardin Witcher. daughter of Sarah Stokes and Joseph Hardin, married a Taliafarro Witcher and lived on a ranch in the middle of no where north of Cotopaxi. She had 2 sons, one of which eventually became the District Attorney in Fremont County. She tired of living so far from civilization. According to information from the family, she took off with her lover. Her brother retrieved her from the Eagle, CO area a month later but she refused to return to her husband. She divorced Witcher and later married her lover and they had another son. He died shortly after. According to local lore, Belle rode with the McCoy gang for a while. Two of the McCoy boys were eventually arrested and sent to prison. Both died before the age of 35. It would be interesting to read the trial records to see if the Youngs and Hyltons testified against the McCoys.

Family/Spouse: Taliafarro Witcher. Taliafarro was born in 1842 in North Carolina; died on 12 Feb 1921 in Fremont Co, Colorado. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]