1880 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The image is readable and shows "Bentley Sarah", age 73, widowed, listed as mother-in-law in the Cyrus S. Clark household in Pulaski, Oswego, NY. This supports the name Sarah Bentley and fits an approximate birth of 1807 against the claimed 1808. The census does not give a death date or exact birth, so the lifespan is not confirmed.
Matches: Line 14 in the household of Cyrus S. Clark (dwelling 27, family 30) reads "Bentley Sarah", white female, age 73, "Mother in law", widowed; Age 73 in June 1880 implies birth about 1806–1807, within about a year of the claimed 1808; Place is the Village of Pulaski, Oswego County, NY, matching the citation detail and ED 262; Name Sarah Bentley matches the claim
Limits: A census gives an age, not a birth date; the age implies 1806/1807 against the claimed 1808, which is a borderline difference; The census does not show the death year (1886), so the full life span cannot be checked; The record supports the name only; identifying this woman as the Sarah Bentley of 1808–1886 depends on other evidence; Her birthplace is not clearly legible, with ditto marks for NY; The citation gives page 55d while the image is stamped page 4 of the enumeration district, which is a normal difference between Ancestry's page numbering and the sheet number