Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Sargent was born on 14 July 1813, in Pike, Ohio, United States, her father, Eli Sargent, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Wood, was 28. She married Jacob S Sears on 22 May 1838, in Mercer, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Pee Pee Township, Pike, Ohio, United States in 1830. In 1880, at the age of 67, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 11 May 1899, in Locust Grove Township, Jefferson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Gantz Cemetery, Jefferson, Iowa, United States.
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- Household of Eli Sargent, "United States Census, 1830"
- Mary Sargent Sears, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Sargent in entry for Frances Ellen Fisher, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English sergeaunt ‘servant’ (Old French sergent, serjant). The surname probably originated for the most part in this sense, but the word also developed a number of more specialized meanings in the medieval period, including ‘tenant by military service below the rank of knight’. It was also used for a variety of administrative and legal offices, which may have contributed to the development of the surname. The sense ‘non-commissioned officer’ did not arise until the 16th century. Compare Sergent .
History: William Sargent (1624–1717) came to Gloucester, MA, from Devon, England before 1678. Many of his descendants distinguished themselves in the civil and military affairs of the colonies and some in literary or artistic paths, notably the portrait painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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