Brief Life History of Sarah Rachel
When Sarah Rachel Reid was born on 1 August 1836, in Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Reid III, was 38 and her mother, Nancy Logan, was 36. She married William Thomas Taylor McDaris in 1848, in Bradley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Union, Georgia, United States in 1850 and Morganton, Fannin, Georgia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 9 August 1921, in Hemp, Fannin, Georgia, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hemp, Fannin, Georgia, United States.
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- Sarah R Medarris in household of Jefferson T Medarris, "United States Census, 1910"
- Rachael Reid, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Sarah Rachel Mcdaris, "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Gilmer, Georgia, United States 1854: Fannin, Georgia, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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