Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Thompson was born on 21 October 1798, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, her father, Alexander Thompson, was 16 and her mother, Elizabeth Swope, was 14. She married Archibald McCallie on 26 July 1821, in Blount, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1860 and Meigs, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 1 August 1894, in Birchwood, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Sarah Mc Callie in household of Archibald Mc Callie, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sally Thompson, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sarah Thompson McCallie, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1802–1886 Male
1798–1894 Female
Children (10)
1824– Male
1824–1909 Female
1827–1908 Female
1829–1899 Male
1830– Female
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Parents and Siblings
1782– Male
1783–1860 Female
Siblings (10)
1798–1894 Female
1803–1840 Female
1806– Male
1810– Female
1812– Female
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1803
Age 5
1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 27
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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