Sarah Saylor

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Saylor was born in 1805, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, her father, Solomon Saylor, was 41 and her mother, Sarah Salyer, was 36. She married William Lock on 16 December 1829, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Harlan, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 1, Bell, Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died in 1870, in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Wilder
1805–1870
Sarah Saylor
1805–1870
Marriage: 1 April 1830
John Martin P. Wilder
1831–1892
Solomon S Wilder
1839–1862
Hiram Wilder
1832–
Levi Henry Wilder
1834–1873
James B Wilder
1837–1862
Sarah Elizabeth Wilder
1841–1916
Fanny Wilder
1844–
Mary Elizabeth Wilder
1861–1940

Sources (7)

  • Sarah Wilder in household of Robert A Miracle, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sallie Sailor in entry for Mary Wilder Hoskins, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
  • Sarah Wilder in household of Joseph Wilder, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English saillour ‘dancer, tumbler, acrobat’ (Old French sailleor). Middle English seiler, sailer ‘sailor’ seems to have appeared too late to have been involved in surname formation.

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

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