Brief Life History of Sallie W.
When Sallie W. Gillenwaters was born on 17 October 1819, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elijah Carmack Gillenwaters, was 33 and her mother, Rebecca Snodgrass, was 29. She married Edward Erwin Gillenwaters on 3 October 1854, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States. She died in 1889, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Sarah W Gillenwaters in household of E E Gillenwaters, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah W Brice, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sarah Brice in household of John Brice, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Gillingwater, whichReaney suggests is probably a topographic name from Old Englishgylden ‘yellow’ + wæter ‘water, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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