Brief Life History of Sarah Martha "Mattie"
When Sarah Martha "Mattie" McClung was born on 9 January 1852, in Enon, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, her father, Allen McClung, was 38 and her mother, Mary Newman Alderson, was 29. She married Joseph A. Koontz on 1 January 1873. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Beaver, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 23 June 1919, in Nicholas, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Groves Cemetery, Summersville, Nicholas, West Virginia, United States.
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- Sarah M Mc Clung in household of Alan Mc Clung, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Martha Koontz, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Sarah Martha McClung Woods, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863
"West Virginia was given statehood status with the ""agreement"" the citizens would phase out slavery. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln approved the Statehood Bill for West Virginia. West Virginia was proclaimed a state on April 20, 1863, with the bill becoming effective 60 days later, June 20, 1863. When West Virginia first entered statehood in 1863, there were only 46 counties. That same year, four other counties voted themselves into West Virginia. Today, there are 55 counties in the Mountain State. The oldest county in the state is Hamsphire County formed in 1754 as part of Virginia. The youngest county is Mingo formed in 1895. The smallest county is Hancock located in the northern panhandle of the state with Randolph being the largest. When the Legislature convened for its first session, there were only 47 members of the House of Delegates and 18 members of the State Senate. Through the years, the number has increased to 100 members of the House of Delegates and 34 members of the State Senate."
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
Scottish or Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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