Brief Life History of Sarah Lee
When Sarah Lee McNeil was born on 22 December 1870, in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States, her father, Giles Henry McNeil, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth R Brown, was 21. She married Walter Thomas Chitwood on 2 March 1887, in Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1870 and Rocky Mount District, Franklin County, Virginia, United States for about 40 years. She died on 14 July 1943, in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia, United States.
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- Sallie L Chitwood in household of Walter T Chitwood, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sallie L, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Sallie L. Mcniel, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
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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.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Néill, a patronymic from the personal name Niall (genitive Néill), see Neil and also Neilson, which was sometimes substituted for McNeil in Lowland Scotland.
History: The Scottish Clan McNeil claims descent from the early Irish king Niall of the Nine Hostages (see O'Neill ), and the name is associated in particular with the island of Barra in the Hebrides, having been brought there from Ireland in 1049. Some members of this clan later migrated to Antrim and Derry in Ireland. A different Scottish Clan MacNeill (spelled with two l's) has a traditional ancestral home on the island of Gigha.
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