Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Buell was born about 1838, in Nottawa, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States, her father, Joseph Alanson Buell, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Gillet, was 31. She married Charles Albert Adams on 29 December 1859, in Nottawa, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870. She died in 1892, in Cotesfield, Howard, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Cotesfield, Howard, Nebraska, United States.
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- Sarah Jane Adams in household of Charles Adams, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- Sarah Jane Buell Adams, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Jane Burrell in entry for William S Gunnell and Jennie M Adams, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Bowell .
North German (Büll): unexplained. Compare Bull .
History: William Buell came from Wales to Windsor, CT, in or c. 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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