Brief Life History of Sarah Grace
When Sarah Grace Broyles was born on 25 May 1845, in Washington, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Jacob Broyles, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Bitner, was 46. She married Thomas M. G. Fellers on 4 September 1862, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. She lived in Greene, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. She died on 9 February 1863, in Washington, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 17.
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- Sarah G Broyles in household of John J Broyles, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Grace Broyles, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sarah G Broyles in household of John J Broyles, "United States Census, 1850"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Breyhel, a variant of Breil, itself a variant of Brühl (see Bruehl ). The surname Breyhel is no longer found in Germany. Compare Briles .
History: Johannes Breyhel and his family, from Oetisheim in Württemberg, were among a group of German colonists sponsored by VA Governor Alexander Spotswood in 1714. They founded a settlement called Germanna in Orange County. Hans Jacob Breyhel (born 1705) was the ancestor of the Broyles family, while his brother Conrad was founder of the Briles family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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