Sarah Jane Witcher

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Witcher was born on 11 April 1839, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Lacy K Witcher, was 29 and her mother, Catharine Teel, was 29. She married Samuel J. Long on 1 March 1859, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Patoka Township, Marion, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, United States for about 30 years. She died on 25 April 1919, in Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel J. Long
1837–1913
Sarah Jane Witcher
1839–1919
Marriage: 1 March 1859
Charles Long
1860–1940
Anna Belle Long
1863–1922
William Edward Long
1868–1918
Rhoda Catherine Long
1874–1948
Loretta May Long
1877–1956
Edna Joella Long
1880–1932

Sources (23)

  • Sarah J Long in household of Samuel J Long, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah J. Long, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Sarah J Witcher, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English (Hampshire):

occupational name for a chest maker, from an agent noun derivative of Middle English whicche ‘chest’ (Old English hwicce).

possibly from an agent derivative of Middle English wiche ‘settlement, farmstead’ (Old English wīc), hence an occupational name for a dairy farmer or a habitational name for someone who lived at a place called Wich or Wick.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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