Sarah Amantha Prior

Brief Life History of Sarah Amantha

When Sarah Amantha Prior was born on 6 April 1852, in Gratiot, Licking, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathan Prior, was 37 and her mother, Hester Ann Palmer, was 25. She married John A. Cummins in 1878. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Franklin Township, Licking, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. She died on 5 May 1926, in Mount Gilead, Morrow, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Jacksontown, Licking, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

John A. Cummins
1848–1910
Sarah Amantha Prior
1852–1926
Marriage: 1878
Zula Emma Cummins
1879–1918
Nettie A Cummins
1884–1920

Sources (20)

  • Sarah A Cummins, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ohio, County Marriages, 1774-1993
  • Sarah A. Cummins, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"

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World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

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

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English (southern), Scottish, Dutch, and German: ultimately from Latin prior ‘superior’, used to denote a prior, a monastic official immediately subordinate to an abbot, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a prior.

Irish: Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac an Phríora ‘son of the prior’ (this is the usual origin in counties Cavan and Leitrim). Some examples may be Anglo-Norman, the same name as in 1 above.

Portuguese, Spanish, and Catalan: from prior, probably denoting someone in the service of a prior or a nickname for someone who behaved in a pompous way.

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

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