Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
Sarah Ann Thornberry was born on 29 August 1826, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. She married Isaac Hurst on 21 November 1847, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pleasant View Township, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Garden City, Sequoyah, Kansas, United States in 1880. She died on 10 July 1888, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Finney, Kansas, United States.
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- Sarah Ann Hurst in household of Isaac Hurst, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Thomburg, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Sarah Ann Thornberry, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830
Historical Boundaries 1830: Shelby, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational name from any of various places called Thornbury, in particular Thornbury (Gloucestershire), Thornbury (Herefordshire), or perhaps Thornbury (Devon), or Thornbury in Bradford (Yorkshire). These placenames derive from Old English thorn ‘thorn’ + burg ‘fortress’ or ‘manor’.
English: variant of Thornber .
Irish: adopted for various Irish names containing an element meaning ‘thorn’; compare Thornton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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