Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Sutton was born on 9 April 1854, in North Carolina, United States, her father, William Ervin Sutton Sr, was 27 and her mother, Margaret M Angel, was 20. She married Thomas Baxter Queen on 11 January 1880, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Dillsboro Township, Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Dillsboro, Jackson, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 December 1931, in Jackson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Jackson, North Carolina, United States.
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- S J Sutton in household of Wm Sutton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jane Sutton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Jane Queen, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Sutton, named with Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English surname is also common in Ireland (Wexford, Kildare), where it has been established since the 13th century and Gaelicized as de Sutún.
Jewish (from the former Ottoman Empire, including Syria): unexplained.
English: topographic name from Middle English (bi) suthentune ‘(at the place to the) south of the village’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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