Sarah Settle was involved in the westward expansion of the USA. See Westward Ho!.
Sarah arrived at the Whitman Mission in Waiilatpu, the Oregon Country at the age of 9 with her parents and siblings late in 1846. They stayed 11 months, departing three days before the Whitman Massacre. The family settled in Linn in 1847.[1][2]
Early Oregonians Database Index. Oregon State Archives, Salem, Oregon Sarah Jane Settle
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHHW-X11 : 21 December 2020), Sarah I Settle in household of John Settle, Linn, Linn, Oregon Territory, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26702394/sarah-jane-settle : accessed 29 August 2021), memorial page for Sarah Jane Settle (18 May 1837–7 Aug 1850), Find a Grave Memorial ID 26702394, citing Lebanon Pioneer Cemetery, Lebanon, Linn County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by Joanne (contributor 46867760)
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
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