Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Breckenridge was born on 19 August 1854, in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, James Breckenridge, was 34 and her mother, Serena Frances Sebree, was 28. She married Zachary Taylor Clements on 9 December 1869, in Platte, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in White Cloud Township, Nodaway, Missouri, United States for about 10 years and Converse, Wyoming, United States in 1920. She died on 3 February 1922, in Afton, Ottawa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Myrtle Tree Cemetery, Maryville, Missouri, United States.
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- Lizzie Clements, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah Elizabeth Breckenridge, "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Sarah Elizabeth Breckenridge Clements, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Ayrshire and Lanarkshire): from Middle English braken ‘bracken, fern’ + rigge ‘ridge’ (Old Norse brakni + hryggr). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived ‘(by the) bracken-covered ridge’, or a habitational name from Brackenridge in Lanarkshire, or possibly from any of various minor places so named in Cumberland and North Yorkshire.
History: Alexander Breckenridge emigrated from northern Ireland to VA c. 1738. He had many prominent descendants, most of whom spelled the name Breckinridge.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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