Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Wood was born on 29 February 1860, in Douglas, Missouri, United States, her father, Henry William Wood, was 64 and her mother, Martha Jane Potter, was 37. She married Albert A Haws in 1878. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in McKinley Township, Douglas, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Willow Township, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 23 September 1930, in Binger, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Albert, Caddo, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Jane Haws in household of J A Cunningham, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sarah Jane Wood Haws, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah J Woods in entry for Mary Elizabeth Haws, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1861
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: mainly a topographic name for someone who lived in or by a wood, from Middle English wode ‘wood’ (Old English wudu). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as French Bois and Polish Les .
English: in a few cases, a nickname for an eccentric or perhaps a violent person, from Middle English wode ‘frenzied, wild’ (Old English wōd).
Americanized form of French Gadbois .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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