Sarah Amanda Bowering

Brief Life History of Sarah Amanda

When Sarah Amanda Bowering was born on 28 April 1845, in Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, her father, Dennis W. Bowering, was 29 and her mother, Algis Sidney City Slay, was 28. She married Daniel Benjamin Irwin on 6 June 1860, in Hinds, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Beat 3, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1870 and Yazoo, Mississippi, United States in 1880. She died on 4 August 1885, in Mechanicsburg, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Loch Lomond Cemetery, Loch Lomond, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Benjamin Irwin
1837–1906
Sarah Amanda Bowering
1845–1885
Marriage: 6 June 1860
Francis M Irwin
1861–1862
William M Irwin
1863–
Dennis F Irwin
1865–1867
Sophronia Mary Irwin
1867–1894
N W Irwin
1869–
Hugh Harvey Irwin
1870–1936
Epsie Birdell Irwin
1871–1936
Charles Benjamin Irwin
1873–1968
Ira Bell Irwin
1875–1905
Laura Irwin
1877–1879
Sarah Alice Irwin
1879–1880
Effie Lavinia Irwin
1881–1926
John H Irwin
1883–1883

Sources (10)

  • S A Bowering in household of D Bowering, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Amanda Bowering - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: sarah amanda bown bowering
  • Sarah Amanda Bowering Irwin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (7)

1846

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

1861

Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: see Bowring .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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