Sophia Eugenia Haynes

Brief Life History of Sophia Eugenia

When Sophia Eugenia Haynes was born on 6 August 1842, in Lawndale, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Haynes, was 43 and her mother, Celia Sealy Webb, was 43. She married James Graham Wilson on 3 September 1861. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Polkville, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 May 1930, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lawndale, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Graham Wilson
1837–1891
Sophia Eugenia Haynes
1842–1930
Marriage: 3 September 1861
Emerson Alphonso Wilson
1862–1930
Delia O Wilson
1864–1950
Zulia Delia Wilson
1867–
Lutesia ( Letitia) A. Wilson
1868–
James A. Wilson
1870–
Franklin Dickson Wilson
1872–1938
Robert Lee Wilson
1874–
Ollie McBrier Wilson
1876–1948
William Dargin Wilson
1878–1913
Mary L Wilson
1883–1906

Sources (18)

  • Eugenie Heynes in household of Bartlett Mc Murry, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ujene Wilson, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Saphia E. Wilson, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Hayne , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s; see Hain . Compare Hains .

English: habitational name from Haynes (Bedfordshire), which may derive from Old English hagenas, plural form of hagen ‘enclosure’.

English: in English counties bordering Wales, perhaps from the Welsh personal name Einws (a pet form of Welsh Einion) with a prosthetic H-; see also Enos . While this is linguistically possible there is no evidence yet to show that it was the origin of the surname.

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

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