Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Hadley May was born on 10 September 1842, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States, her father, William Pickett Hadley, was 32 and her mother, Hannah McPherson, was 27. She married Van Rennselaer May on 3 September 1864, in Chatham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in New Hope Township, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and New Hope, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1910. She died on 6 June 1929, at the age of 86, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, La Grange, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States.
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- Sallie May in household of Vann R May, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah S Huntley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Sallie Jane May, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
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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 (mainly West Midlands): habitational name from either of three places called Hadley, in Worcestershire and Shropshire, or from either of two places called Hadleigh, in Essex and Suffolk, or Monken Hadley in Middlesex. The first is named from the Old English personal name Hadda + lēah ‘wood, (woodland) clearing’; the others are from Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + lēah.
In some cases also Native American (Navajo): variant of Hatathlie ‘singer (i.e. medicine man)’. Compare Singer 5.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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