Sarah Calvin

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Calvin was born on 22 November 1804, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Luther Decker Calvin, was 33 and her mother, Susannah Samuels, was 31. She married Randall Porter Hays on 10 December 1822, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 3, Lawrence, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Kentucky, United States in 1870. She died on 14 June 1875, in Hardin, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hays Cemetery, Radcliff, Hardin, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Randall Porter Hays
1794–1884
Sarah Calvin
1804–1875
Marriage: 10 December 1822
Elizabeth C Nelson
1823–1901
Luke C. Hays
1852–
Mary F. Hays
1825–1907
James H Hays
1828–1893
William Guyton Hays
1829–1901
Luke C Hays
1831–1884
Susan "Sue" Hays
1833–1915
Letitia M. Hays
1836–1867
Eleanor Hays
1838–1838
Hercules Hays
1839–1884
Thomas Jefferson Hays
1842–1862

Sources (9)

  • Sarah Hays in household of Randall P Hays, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sary Calvin, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sarah Calvin Hays, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Cumberland; of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’ + the diminutive suffix -in.

In some cases also French: variant of Cauvin , a cognate of 1 above.

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

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