Brief Life History of Sarah Tennessee
When Sarah Tennessee Young was born on 13 August 1856, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States, her father, Orville William Young, was 49 and her mother, Mary Stella Hunter, was 40. She married John Franklin Brewer in 1877. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Parks Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Loco, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 8 December 1954, in Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Comanche, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Sallie T Brewer in household of John F Brewer, Stephens, Oklahoma, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sally Tennessee Brewer, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sally Young in entry for Burney Letcher Brewer, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
Spouse and Children
1856–1940 Male
1856–1954 Female
Children (5)
1881–1895 Male
1883–1953 Male
1885–1970 Male
1887–1937 Male
1890–1959 Male
Parents and Siblings
1807–after 1870 Male
1815–1867 Female
Siblings (12)
1833–1916 Male
1835–1921 Male
1838–1921 Female
1839–1915 Male
1842–1908 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
Age 6
1863
Age 7
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 26
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong), used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar, notably German Jung , Dutch Jong and De Jong , and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse .
Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Ljungby.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Young, Sally Tennessee story
When Sally Tennessee Young was born on August 15, 1856, in McNairy, Tennessee, her father, Orvil, was 49, and her mother, Mary, was 40. She married John Franklin Brewer in 1877. They had seven childre …
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