Brief Life History of Sarah Catherine
When Sarah Catherine Smearman was born on 12 August 1874, in Accident, Garrett, Maryland, United States, her father, Josiah Joseph Smearman, was 25 and her mother, Lucinda Durst, was 24. She married John Custer Laraway on 11 February 1900. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She died on 30 July 1943, in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Kingwood, Preston, West Virginia, United States.
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- Sarah C Martin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Catherine Smearman - Published information: birth-name: Sarah Catherine Smearman
- Sarah Laraway, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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World Events (8)
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.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Sherman . The surname is also established in Ireland (Kilkenny).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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