When Lila Persis Sargent was born on 4 May 1857, in Seventy-Six Township, Washington, Iowa, United States, her father, James Henry Sargent, was 35 and her mother, Eliza Eunicy Logan, was 29. She married Robert Hart Pringle on 19 January 1878. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Clay, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Clay Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1885. She died on 2 November 1893, in Rubio, Washington, Iowa, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Rubio, Washington, Iowa, United States.
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English: status or occupational name from Middle English sergeaunt ‘servant’ (Old French sergent, serjant). The surname probably originated for the most part in this sense, but the word also developed a number of more specialized meanings in the medieval period, including ‘tenant by military service below the rank of knight’. It was also used for a variety of administrative and legal offices, which may have contributed to the development of the surname. The sense ‘non-commissioned officer’ did not arise until the 16th century. Compare Sergent .
History: William Sargent (1624–1717) came to Gloucester, MA, from Devon, England before 1678. Many of his descendants distinguished themselves in the civil and military affairs of the colonies and some in literary or artistic paths, notably the portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
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