Her death certificate records Sarah Ann Carpenter, age 66 years 7 months 26 days, born 25 Nov 1873 in Kentucky, died 21 July 1940 in Wrigley, Morgan Co., Ky, divorced, ex-husband Freelan Blankenship, father Levi Carpenter, mother’s maiden name Mary Carpenter, both born in Kentucky, cause of death lobar pneumonia, informant Ralph Black, Blaze, Ky, burial in Bruce Perry Cem.

Census records are more consistent with a birthdate in Nov 1872. The informant Ralph Black would be the husband of Sarah’s niece, Pearl Cox, daughter of Lou Carpenter.