Sarah Elisabeth Browning

Brief Life History of Sarah Elisabeth

When Sarah Elisabeth Browning was born on 16 February 1869, in Marion, Iowa, United States, her father, Francis Marion Browning, was 21 and her mother, Martha Riley, was 21. She married John Alexander Harris in 1886, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Pleasant Hill Township, Sullivan, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Grand River Township, Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 3 August 1946, in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

John Alexander Harris
1869–1968
Sarah Elisabeth Browning
1869–1946
Marriage: 1886
Herman Lloyd Harris
1887–1985
Harris
1894–1900
Harris
1904–1910
Charles F Harris
1889–1967
Ima V Harris
1897–1990
Clarence Byron Harris
1899–1972
Mable Eunice Harris
1900–1976
Helen Ophelia Harris
1907–1997

Sources (16)

  • Sarah E Harris in household of John A Harris, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sarah E Browning, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Sarah E Browning Harris, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).

History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.

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

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