Brief Life History of Sarah Preston
When Sarah Preston Rhea was born on 12 February 1840, in Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, her father, Robert Preston Rhea, was 48 and her mother, Nancy Davidson, was 38. She married Reverend Courtland Columbus Jackson on 12 February 1861, in Bluff City, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and District 974, Dade, Georgia, United States in 1910. She died on 31 July 1920, in Dade, Georgia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Dade, Georgia, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Sarah Rhea in household of Robt P Rhea, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Preston Rhea Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jane Jackson in entry for Richard Johnson and Palmyra Jackson, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
English (North Yorkshire): variant of Rea .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Gravestone
Sarah was buried in family cemetery, near their homeplace, located close to Covenant College, where the Lookout Mt. Hotel once stood. Her gravestone inscription says "MOTHER" and footstone is inscri …
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