Sarah E. Mahan

Brief Life History of Sarah E.

When Sarah E. Mahan was born in 1842, in Kentucky, United States, her father, James Madison Mahan, was 32 and her mother, Frances Young, was 22. She married William Brister on 28 December 1865. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 2 Tracy, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Permon, Knox, Kentucky, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

William Brister
1827–1900
Sarah E. Mahan
1842–
Marriage: 28 December 1865
Ida Bell Brister
1871–1958
Lonzo Calbert Brister
1873–1963
John Henry Brister
1876–1958
Emma Brister
1879–1960
George Thomas Brister
1880–1963

Sources (16)

  • Sarah Boister, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah E. Mahan - Published information: birth-name: Sarah E. Mahan
  • Sarah Mahhan, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1856

Historical Boundaries - 1856: Knox, Kentucky, United States

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: from Ó Macháin, a variant of Ó Mocháin, see Mohan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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