Aarel E. Sexton

27 June 1891–11 November 1974 (Age 83)
Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States

The Life Summary of Aarel E.

When Aarel E. Sexton was born on 27 June 1891, in Manning, Carroll, Iowa, United States, his father, John Arthur Sexton, was 26 and his mother, Susan Ella Mae Barber, was 23. He married Bessie May Norton on 12 February 1914, in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in School District 8 Moore, Fergus, Montana, United States in 1910 and Big Bend Election Precinct, Malheur, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 11 November 1974, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Memorial Gardens of the Wasatch, South Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Aarel E. Sexton
1891–1974
Bessie May Norton
1896–1931
Marriage: 12 February 1914
Wayne Arthur Sexton
1914–2010
Sybil Nancy Sexton
1916–2010
Lorraine June Sexton
1918–2014
Luella May Sexton
1920–1987
Erval Scott Sexton
1921–2013
Alpheus Edison Sexton
1923–1923
Aarel Arthur Sexton
1924–1924
John Sexton
1925–1925
Shirley B Sexton
1928–

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 February 1914Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States
    • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 5
    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
    1898 · The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory Opens
    Age 7
    The Ogden Utah Sugar Factory harvested sugar from beets because sugar cane was hard to grow in northern Utah. During World War, it was hard to get sugar beet seeds, so the company started to harvest the seeds of the beets they were using. The Company merged with a factory in Logan to create the Amalgamated Sugar Company which is still operational today.
    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
    Age 22
    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sextein(e) ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, medieval Latin sacristanus). The sexton was originally the officer of a church in charge of the sacred vessels and vestments, but later came to denote one who looked after the churchyard and dug graves.English: in northern England a variant of Saxton .English: possibly a habitational name from Sexton in Ermington (Devon), recorded as Shecoteston in 1329. The placename derives from the family of Richard Sheccoc, recorded at Sexton in 1199, + Middle English toun ‘farmstead, village, settlement’. The origin of Richard Sheccoc's name is uncertain due to confusion between c and t, as seen in the name of one of his descendants, Richard Scheccote, recorded at Sexton in 1333.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Sexson
    Saxton

    Sources (25)

    • Arel Sexton in household of John A Sexton, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
    • Aarel Sexton in entry for Donald Asa Brewer and Luella May Sexton, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
    • Earl Sexton in entry for Erval Scott Sexton, "Wyoming, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"

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