Sarah Zimmerman

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Zimmerman was born in 1793, in Lincoln, Georgia, United States, her father, Phillip Zimmerman, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Hammon, was 23. She married William Townsend on 11 January 1811, in Georgia City, Jasper, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States in 1850. She died on 21 September 1859, in Montgomery, Alabama, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Zimmerman Plantation Cemetery, Wetumpka, Elmore, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Townsend
1789–1881
Sarah Zimmerman
1793–1859
Marriage: 11 January 1811
Paschal H Townsend
1811–1895
John T. Townsend
1813–
Hiram Townsend
1818–
Samuel Townsend
1840–
Henry Townsend
1815–
Annie Townsend Parker
1820–1877
Leonard F Townsend
1822–
Elizabeth Eliza Townsend
1824–1884
Mary Elizabeth Townsend
1827–1869
John H Townsend
1827–1902
William T Townsend
1830–1906
Kintchen Alford Townsend
1832–1910
Private Philip Augustus Townsend
1833–1899

Sources (5)

  • Sarah Townsend in household of Wm Townsend, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Townsend, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sarah Zimmerman in entry for Kintcher Alford Townsend, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (7)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1796

Historical Boundaries: 1796: Lincoln, Georgia, United States

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Zimmermann , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname.

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

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