Sarah A Wallace

Brief Life History of Sarah A

When Sarah A Wallace was born in 1845, in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Lawson Wallace, was 40 and her mother, Lucinda Ashcraft, was 33. She married John Franklin Joslin on 31 January 1864, in Alcorn, Claiborne, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tishomingo, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Iuka, Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died after 1880, in Tishomingo, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Franklin Joslin
1840–1880
Sarah A Wallace
1845–1880
Marriage: 31 January 1864
John C. Joshlin
1865–
George Washington Joshlin
1866–1941
Lucinda C Joslin
1869–1962
Nancy E Joslin
1872–1935
James Dolphus Joshlin
1874–1955
Lawson Lafayette Joshlin
1876–1937

Sources (7)

  • Sarah A Joslin in household of John F Joslin, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah A Wallis in entry for John F Joslyn, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
  • Sarah A Joslin in household of John F Joslin, "United States Census, 1880"

World Events (2)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

Name Meaning

Scottish and English: variant of Wallis , especially in Scotland, where the name was introduced from the Welsh Marches by a family of tenants of the Stewarts in the 12th century.

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, e.g. Wallach .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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