Brief Life History of Samuel Taylor
When Samuel Taylor Staton was born on 11 September 1848, in Dana, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Gordon Staton, was 50 and his mother, Sarah Mary Rhodes, was 39. He married Mary Penelope Case on 1 January 1869, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Blue Ridge, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1880 and Blue Ridge Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1900. He died on 22 March 1909, at the age of 60, and was buried in Tracy, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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- Taylor Staton, "United States Census, 1880"
- S T Staton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Samuel Taylor Staton, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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