Brief Life History of Sarah Marcelia "Cecila"
When Sarah Marcelia "Cecila" Staton was born on 26 March 1829, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Samuel Gordon Staton, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Mary Rhodes, was 20. She married William Hannon Pace about 1847, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Blue Ridge, Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 12 May 1897, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Dana, Henderson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Leah Pace, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Cecila M Staton Pace, "Find A Grave Index"
- Celia Staton in entry for William Toms Pace, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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World Events (8)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
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.
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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