Sarah's mother Mary Deem had come to stay with & help Sarah Jane. To support her family, Sarah walked & planted corn for 50 cents a day. One day she came home to no house - bushwackers had burned it because they thought she was hiding soldiers in the cellar. Her mother & children escaped to a neighbors.

Mother of Sarah Jane, Mary Deem appears with the Calhoun family on the 1880 census in Illinois. (Deem name is a 2nd marriage). Sarah's daughter Mattie Fuller marriage registry that I have show her mother's maiden name was Padget/Padgett instead of Deem. There were Padget's living close to William in the country at Downs, Il...

CENSUS: 1850 Philip Deam
Owen Co., Indiana, Franklin Twp., 8/29/1859, lines 38-42:
-Philip Deam, age 36, male, born VA
-MARY DEAM, age 34 female, born TN ****
-Female Deam, age 12, born IN (must be Philip's daughter from a former marriage)
-SARAH J. PAGETT, age 11, female, BORN IN
(Sarah & next 2 children would be her children - this Sarah wife of Wm. Calhoun later)
-James K. Pagett, age 5, male, born IN
-Christopher Pagett, age 5, born IN

CENSUS: 1880 William Calhoun
Leroy, Empire Twp, McLean County, IL, Cedar St. 6/5 & 7/1880,
Name Sex Age Rel Mar Occp BPlace Self Fathr Mothr
William M W 54 Head Mar Carpenter OH VA OH
J Sarah F W 43 Wife Mar Keeping house IN IN IN
...
Mary Deem F W 65 Mother Widow IN KY KY ****

1. Sarah Jane PAGGETT b: 28 MAY 1841 in , Owen, IN
2. James K PAGGETT b: 1845 in IN
3. Christopher PAGGETT b: 1845 in IN

1. Title: US Census - 1850
   Abbrev: US Census - 1850
   Note: Philip Deam - Franklin Twp., Owen Co., IN