Susanna Minor

Brief Life History of Susanna

When Susanna Minor was born on 14 May 1837, in Hawkins, Tennessee, United States, her father, Zachariah Minor, was 39 and her mother, Agnes Sizemore, was 33. She married Willam John Goins in 1854. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Civil District 4, Hancock, Tennessee, United States for about 20 years. She died on 16 November 1914, in Hancock, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Goins-Hurd Cemetery, Hancock, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Washington Goins
1835–1917
Susanna Minor
1837–1914
Marriage: 1865
Laura Lorinda Goins
1866–1921
Arminty Goins
1868–1944
Zelita Goins
1868–
Mary Ann Goins
1870–1939
Malinda Goins
1872–1934
Selah Goins
1874–1875
William Washington Goins
1875–1926
Hiram Goins
1876–
John Estel Goins
1879–1935
Harrison Goins
1880–
Carr Goins
1883–
Lillie Frances Goins
1884–1933
Ferbie Goins
1884–1976
Pharbia Goins
1884–1995
Ethan Goins
1885–
Lyle Goins
1886–
Lynn
1887–

Sources (32)

  • Susannah Geens in household of William Geens, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Susan, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Susan Minor Goins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: variant of Miner .

German: Latinized (humanistic) form of Klein or Kleiner , from Latin minor ‘less, smaller’.

Altered form of French Ménard (see Menard ), reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.

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

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Included with Family Tree: William Goins and Susan Minor lived next door to each other in 1850, Hancock County, TN. He was 15 years old, she was 13 years old.

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