Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Brown was born on 26 September 1830, in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States, her father, John Brown, was 30 and her mother, Mary Meeks, was 21. She married Ninian Riley Taylor on 7 March 1848. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Allens Grove Township, Mason, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Mason City Township, Mason, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 15 December 1912, in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mason City Cemetery, Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States.
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- Sarah J Taylor in household of Norman R Taylor, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Jane Brown Taylor, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah J Brown in entry for William E Taylor and Mary M Stith, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1841
Historical Boundaries: 1841: Mason, Illinois, United States
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Mason, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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