Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Musson was born on 10 December 1852, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, her father, Daniel W Musson I, was 25 and her mother, Ann Shelbourne, was 24. She married John Jacob Probst on 8 December 1880, in Effingham, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Cerro Gordo, Piatt, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United States in 1934. She died on 29 July 1934, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in LaPlace Cemetery, LaPlace, Piatt, Illinois, United States.
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- Sarah Ann Probst in household of Jacob Probst, "United States Census, 1920"
- Sara Ann Probst, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Sarah A. Musson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1874
Historical Boundaries: 1874: Piatt, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
English (East Midlands): nickname from Anglo-Norman French mussun, muisson ‘sparrow’.
English: variant of Muston with loss of -t-. The placename Muston (Leicestershire) is recorded as Musson several times in the 17th century.
French: habitational name from (Le) Musson, the name of a few places in various parts of France, e.g. in Meuse-et-Moselle, named with the Latin personal name Montius + the suffix -onem, or, alternatively, with Latin mons ‘mountain’ + the suffix -ionem.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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