Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Simmons was born about 1838, in Alabama, United States, her father, John Simmons, was 48 and her mother, Rutha Carter, was 42. She married Leonard Claude Craig in 1869, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, United States in 1870 and Richland Township, Newton, Arkansas, United States in 1880. She died about 1894, in Moore, Newton, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Moore, Newton, Arkansas, United States.
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- Jane Craige in household of Lenard Craige, "United States Census, 1880"
- Jane Craig in household of Lenard C Craig, "United States Census, 1870"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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