Sarah Elizabeth Cypert was born about 1850, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the daughter of Robert Jasper "Jap" Cypert and Mary Bundy.
Sarah married Elijah Vance Turman on September 14, 1865, in Wayne County. Elijah Turman was born about 1837, in Bedford County, Tennessee, the son of John C. Turman and Mary S. Parker.
Elijah was an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War.
Elijah died in Wayne County. Sarah died December 10, 1931, at Waynesboro, in Wayne County. They are both buried in the Phillips Cemetery in Wayne County.
Children of Elijah Turman and Sarah Cypert
1. Elijah H. Turman, b. June 6, 1870, Wayne Co, TN
2. Mary Van Turman, b. 1874, Wayne Co, TN; m. John Greeson
3. Robert Coleman Turman, b. 1872, Wayne Co, TN; a physician; moved to Frost, TX