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 Goins in 1854. They were the parents of at least 2 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 Hancock, Tennessee, United States.
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- 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"
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Children (13)
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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.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
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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