When Martha Jane Sego was born on 20 August 1845, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, her father, Simeon Seago, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann "Sallie" Cherry, was 26. She married James Allian Scott about 1862, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Waterloo, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 14 Chapel, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1920. She died on 22 July 1943, in Wayne, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 97, and was buried in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Americanized form of Hungarian Szegő: occupational name for a stonecutter or woodcutter, from szegő ‘cutter’.
Croatian (Šego): nickname derived from šega ‘joke, poking fun at someone’, formerly also ‘slyness’ (compare Sega 3 and Segan ), or based on a word of Italian origin meaning ‘saw’ (see Sega 1).
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