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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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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