1860 United States Federal Census

Validator (claude-sonnet-5-5, 2026-10-28): consistent, confidence 3/4, tier record.
The image is readable. Line 4 shows Sarah, "do" (Bentley), female, 52, born New York, in the household of Elias Bentley, 52, in the Town of Sandy Creek, Oswego County. This supports the name Sarah Bentley, and the age is consistent with a 1808 birth. The census cannot confirm the death date or the exact birth date.
Matches: Household of Elias Bentley (52, farmer) in Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, includes "Sarah" ("do", i.e. Bentley), female, age 52, born New York; Age 52 in mid-1860 implies a birth around 1807–1808, which fits the claimed 1808 birth; The surname Bentley is given by the ditto mark under Elias Bentley, and Sarah is listed directly after him in the usual position for a wife; The citation detail (Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, 1860) matches the page image
Limits: The census gives only an age, not a birth date, so it cannot confirm 1808 exactly; It does not state the death year (1886); It does not state that Sarah is Elias's wife, since the 1860 census gives no relationships; It cannot show that this Sarah Bentley is the same person as the one in the database without other evidence, although the age fits; The citation cites page 958 (the Ancestry image number) while the stamped page is 156, which is a normal difference