Sadie M Henry was born in 1885, daughter of John Henry and Susan Melvina Spangenburg Henry.

On January 6, 1907, Sadie married Chola Nicholas Shay, son of Coe B Shay and Mary Bevans Shay. Sadie and Chola had six children born in Frankford, Sussex, New Jersey; Hazel B (1908-1956, m. Charles C Marshall), Harold E (1910-1952), Ernest William (1913-2011), Ethel Mae (1915-2011, m. Louis Paul Helmacy), Asher Donald (1917-1994), and Wanda Ruth (1919-2006, m. Francis Ralph Seely).

After her husband’s death, Sadie applied for a military pension. On the form, Chola was listed as a Naval Bugler. He was enlisted from 1900-1904 and served in Lancaster, Vermont, Mayflower, Dixie, and Monongahela.

Sadie M Henry Shay died in 1976 and is buried with her husband and daughter, Ethel, at Branchville Cemetery in Branchville, Sussex County, New Jersey.