1870 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The image shows "Bentley Sarah", 64, retired, born New York, in the Richland, Oswego County enumeration of 24 June 1870, which supports the name and the place. The age points to about 1805-06 rather than 1808, so the birth year does not fit well. The name claim itself is supported, but the identity of the person is only plausible.
Matches: Line 23 of the page reads "Bentley Sarah", age 64, female, white, "Retired", born New York; Age 64 in June 1870 implies a birth year of about 1805-1806, close to the claimed 1808 (a 2-3 year gap); Page header reads Town of Richland, Oswego County, New York, 1870, matching the citation's census place; She is listed in the household of Malcolm Hollis, with Ann Eliza Bentley (27, housekeeper) on the next line
Flags: Age 64 implies birth c. 1805-06, about 2-3 years earlier than the claimed 1808. Census ages are often imprecise, but this is more than a one-year difference.
Limits: A census records a name, not a death date, so it cannot show the 1886 death year; Census gives age, not a birth date, so 1808 is not confirmed; The claim covers only the name, so the record cannot confirm which Sarah Bentley this is without other evidence, such as relatives or a place of residence; The page number on the image (28) is the enumerator's page; the citation's 407B is the Ancestry image page, so they do not match numerically but are not in conflict