Brief Life History of Sarah Frances
When Sarah Frances Tiller was born on 14 November 1878, in Macon, Missouri, United States, her father, Robert Franklin Tiller, was 45 and her mother, Hulda Nellie Miles, was 39. She married Jesse Allen Cox on 30 July 1899, in Middle Fork Township, Macon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Middle Fork Township, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Morrow Township, Macon, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 25 December 1953, in Macon, Macon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Cox, Macon, Missouri, United States.
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- Sarah F Cox, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sarah Frances Tiller Cox, "Find A Grave Index"
- Fannie Taylor in entry for Jessie A Cox, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Macon, Missouri, United States
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (southern, especially Hampshire): occupational name from Middle English tiliere, tilyer ‘one who tills the soil, husbandman, farmer, farm laborer’. This is a derivative of Old English tilian ‘to till (the soil)’, Middle English tilie. There has been some confusion of this name with Tyler .
German: variant of Tüller (see Tuller ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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