Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Wells was born in 1826, in Arkansas, United States, her father, John Wells, was 49 and her mother, Lydia Collier, was 24. She married Thomas Jefferson Hall on 20 June 1845, in Calloway, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Bryan, Brazos, Texas, United States in 1880. She died on 19 April 1903, in Rockdale, Milam, Texas, United States, at the age of 77.
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- Sarah Hall, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sally Wells, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Sarah Wells in entry for Edward Hall, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1841
Historical Boundaries: 1820: Province of Texas (Mexico) 1836: Republic of Texas 1841: Brazos, Texas, United States
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Wells next the Sea (Norfolk) or Wells (Somerset), both named with the plural of Old English wella ‘spring, stream’, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a group of springs or streams.
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dupuis ‘from the well’.
History: One of numerous early immigrants from England bearing this name was Thomas Welles, governor of colonial CT, who was in Hartford, CT, by 1636.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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