Brief Life History of Sarah "Sally"
When Sarah "Sally" Bourland was born in 1820, in Saline, Illinois, United States, her father, William G Bourland, was 28 and her mother, Rachel Slayden, was 26. She married Walter White on 31 January 1839, in Gallatin, Illinois, United States.
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- Sarah Barrell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Saline, Illinois, United States 1851: Gallatin, Illinois, United States* 1852: Saline, Illinois, United States *Saline abolished for a short while by state legislature
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.
Name Meaning
English (Hampshire): variant of Burland . This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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