Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Hargis was born on 22 February 1855, in Ellis Grove, Randolph, Illinois, United States, her father, James Howell Hargis, was 30 and her mother, Melissa May Cragon, was 28. She married Joseph Beare on 1 January 1873, in Randolph, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 8 July 1920, in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, United States.
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- Sarah Harges in household of James Harges, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Jane Harges, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Sarah Jane Beare, "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1861
Florida has had 6 Constitutions since it became a state. The first Constitution was drafted in Saint Joseph, now known as Port St. Joe. Presently Florida is governed by the Constitution of 1968.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Essex): perhaps a variant of Hargest . Alternatively, an altered form of German or Frisian Harges, which is probably of the same origin as Frisian Harjes .
History: The (majority of the) American bearers of the surname Hargis trace their origin to George Hargis, who was transported from England to VA in 1642 and whose grandfather is believed by some to be Louis Harges, a Frenchman from Normandy, supposedly of Danish parentage. The surname Harges is not found neither in France nor in Denmark; it is, however, found in northern Germany, though it is very rare there.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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