Sarah Ann Sophronia Quinley

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann Sophronia

When Sarah Ann Sophronia Quinley was born in February 1859, in Rose Hill, Lee, Virginia, United States, her father, Eli Levi Quinley, was 31 and her mother, Tracey Ahart Spangler, was 27. She married William Washington Smallwood on 23 December 1880, in Lee, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lee, Virginia, United States in 1860 and White Shoals District, Lee, Virginia, United States for about 50 years. She died on 28 June 1952, in Hagan, Lee, Virginia, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Whisman Cemetery, Lee, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Washington Smallwood
1857–1927
Sarah Ann Sophronia Quinley
1859–1952
Marriage: 23 December 1880
John R. Smallwood
1882–1910
Essie L. Smallwood
1884–1965
Thomas Olin Smallwood
1887–1960
Theodore Seldon Smallwood
1889–1967
G. Seldon Smallwood
1891–
Osa D 'Ossie' Smallwood
1893–1929
Charles Hobart Smallwood
1895–1974
Claud Catron Smallwood
1899–1917

Sources (38)

  • Sarah N C Quinnely in household of Eli Quinnely, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah Smallwood, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Sarah A Quinley, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: apparently an altered form of Scottish McKinley or a shortened form of Irish McQuinnelly, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coingheallaigh or Ó Coingheallaigh ‘son (or descendant) of Coingheallach’, a personal name meaning ‘faithful to pledges’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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