Harriet Ann Holloway

Brief Life History of Harriet Ann

When Harriet Ann Holloway was born about 1860, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Taylor Holloway, was 44 and her mother, Araminta Jane Adams, was 34. She married John Turner Sadler on 15 December 1875, in Greensville, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Manchester District, Chesterfield, Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Warren, North Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 6 January 1925, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

John Turner Sadler
1854–
Harriet Ann Holloway
1860–1925
Marriage: 15 December 1875
Ada Estelle Sadler
1876–1954
Leolia Sadler
1879–
Addie M Sadler
1880–
Maude L Sadler
1881–1916

Sources (21)

  • Hattie Sadler in household of Joseph Hart, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Harriet A Sadler, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Harriet Ann Halloway, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island

On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) sunken road’, from Middle English hol(g)h ‘hollow’ + weie ‘way, road’ (Old English holh + weg), or else a habitational name from any of numerous places so named, such as Holloway (Middlesex) or Holway (Somerset). In Ireland (Leinster), the name has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic (see Hulvey ).

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

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