Brief Life History of Sarah Sutton
When Sarah Sutton Parker was born on 29 August 1829, in Richmond District, Wise, Virginia, United States, her father, Samuel Franklin Parker, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Mace Sutton, was 19. She married John Henderson Brake Jackson on 4 July 1846, in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Washington, Oregon, United States for about 50 years. She died on 15 November 1917, in North Plains, Washington, Oregon, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in West Union Cemetery, West Union, Washington, Oregon, United States.
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- Sarah Jackson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2016
- Sarah S. Jackson, "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1840
Historical Boundaries - 1840: Oregon Country 1843: Tuality, Oregon Territory, Oregon 1844: Tuality, Oregon Country 1846: Tuality, Oregon Unorganized Federal Territory (Tuality was renamed to Washington in 1849) 1849: Washington, Oregon Territory, United States 1859: Washington, Oregon, United States
1859 · Oregon Becomes a State
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English parker ‘park-keeper’ (Old French parquier, parchier), an officer employed to look after deer and other game in a hunting park (see Park 1). This surname is also very common among African Americans. It has also been recorded since medieval times in Ireland.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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