Brief Life History of Sarah Josephine
When Sarah Josephine Pierce was born in February 1875, in Sharp, Arkansas, United States, her father, Mr. Pierce, was 36 and her mother, Sophronia Pierce, was 32. She married William Perry Morgan in 1893, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died after 1941.
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- Josie Morgan in household of William T Morgan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Joe P Morgan, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Joesphine Pearce in entry for Jim Harvey Morgan, "Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded
The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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