Fifth Generation

449. Sarah Ann SIGMON was born on 24 May 1850 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{295,353,355,729,944,1037} She was baptized on 4 August 1850 in St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Catawba County, North Carolina by Rev. Timothy Moser.¹⁰³⁸ She died on 29 January 1932 at the age of 81 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁷²⁹ Sarah was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina.

Sarah Ann SIGMON and Elkanah ECKARD were married on 13 May 1873 in Catawba County, North Carolina by J. M. Smith, Min..^1037,1039 by Rev. J. M. Smith. Witnesses to the wedding were P. E. Isenhower, a friend; Alphonso Sigmon, her brother and Emanual Eckard, his brother. They^1037,1039 resided 206 1st avenue, North in Conover, Catawba County, North Carolina in 1883¹⁰⁴⁰ Elcanah built his house in 1883 and it still stands at 206 First Avenue N., in Conover, NC. The inside is very up to date having central air conditioning and heat, dishwasher, washer and dryer, large closets and two bathrooms. Elkanah ECKARD, son of Johnathan [Ekard] ECKARD and Adeline Selena/Celina SIMMONS, was born on 13 December 1847 in Catawba County, North Carolina.^{58,91,729,944,1037} His record in the War Between the States is as follows:¹⁰⁴¹ ECKARD, ELCANAH, Private, 3rdBn-E JR. Enlisted at Camp Stokes, near Greensboro, January 4, 1865, for the war. Hospitalized at Goldsboro on January 10, 1865, with acute diarrhoea. Furloughed from hospital on February 11, 1865. Reported absent through February 28, 1865. No further records. [His initials may have been L. K. His surname may have been Ekard.] He died on 21 May 1929 at the age of 81 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Conover City Cemetery, Conover, Catawba, North Carolina. Elcanah was the first blacksmith to come to Conover and he owned quite a lot of land. The street next to City Hall and the Post office was called Eckard Avenue. He sold the property where the City Hall is located to the United Church of Christ for $75.00. The same lot today is valued at $189,500.00
Elcanah was the first trustee of Concordia Lutheran Church. He helped to make the brick at Lyle Creek and also have his son tutored in English, so that he would more easily adapt to the new country. The importance of this may be found in the article," The Language Transition from German to English in Old Lincoln County" by Mark Smith. Deed Abstracts of Tryon County, Lincoln and Rutherford Counties. NC 1769-1786, Tryon county Wills & Estates by Brent Holcomb, C.R.S.

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Elcanah and Sara Ann lived in Mt Zion section of County Home Road north of Conover.

Elkana enlisted in Company E, 72nd Regiment NC Troops, on 5 Jan 1865. This Co E, 72nd, organized at Newton, was the last of Catawba Co's twelve companies; it was composed of 17-year-old boys.

Sources:
1. CCH II, article 3-126
2. CCH I, p 3
3. CCH I, article 200
4. http://ncgenweb.us/catawba/family/Eckard.TXT

Sarah Ann SIGMON and Elkanah ECKARD had the following children: