Sarah Jane Posey

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Posey was born on 3 August 1852, in Randolph, Alabama, United States, her father, James Posey, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Gray, was 29. She married Harrison Hicks Haisten on 21 December 1870, in Fayette, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fayette, Georgia, United States in 1870 and Election Precinct 5 Stouts Mountain, Cullman, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 7 December 1895, in Cullman, Cullman, Alabama, United States, at the age of 43.

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Family Time Line

Harrison Hicks Haisten
1848–1919
Sarah Jane Posey
1852–1895
Marriage: 21 December 1870
Obadiah Haisten
1871–1959
Laura Haisten
1890–1891
Minnie Lee Haisten
1875–1954
Benjamin Franklin Haisten
1876–1956
John Gilmore Haisten
1878–1963
Claudia Nan Haisten
1881–1917
Susan Amanda Haisten
1883–1886
Mary Magdaline Haisten
1888–1920
Obediah Haisten
1892–1893
Isaac Theopolis Haisten
1894–1895

Sources (11)

  • Sarh J Horten in household of Harrison H Horten, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Sarah J. Posey, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Unknown in entry for John Gilmore Haisten, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1861

Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.

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: apparently a late variant of either Poser or Posse, which has various possible origins including Middle English pose ‘bag, wallet’, or an etymologically related Old English personal name Pusa, Possa, or Middle English pose ‘head cold, catarrh’.

Americanized form of German Poser .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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