Brief Life History of Sarah Sallie
When Sarah Sallie Gray was born about 1817, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, her father, Jesse B. Gray Sr., was 20 and her mother, Rhoda Browne, was 11. She married Robert C Edwards on 6 July 1843, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1871, in Fauquier, Virginia, United States, at the age of 55.
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- Sarah Edwards in household of Robert Edwards, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah "Sallie" Gray - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1817; Fauquier, Virginia, United States
- Sarah Gray Or Grey, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (especially Eastern Ulster; of Norman origin): habitational name from Graye in Calvados, France, named from the Gallo-Roman personal name Graec(i)us, meaning ‘Greek’ + the locative suffix -acum. This is probably the chief source of the surname in Britain.
English: nickname for someone with gray hair or a gray beard, from Middle English grey (Old English grǣg, grēg) ‘gray’. In Ireland it has been used as a translation of various Gaelic surnames derived from riabhach ‘brindled, gray’, including Mac Giolla Riabhaigh; see McGreevy . In North America, this surname has assimilated names with similar meaning from other languages.
French: habitational name from Gray in Haute-Saône or Le Gray in Seine-Maritime.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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