Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Beecher was born on 3 June 1839, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, her father, Smith Beecher, was 31 and her mother, Mary Esther Short, was 24. She married Edwin Bingham Cummings on 16 May 1861, in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Southbridge, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States for about 30 years. She died on 18 October 1902, in Edgewood, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Sarah A Cummings in household of Edwin B Cummings, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Ann Becoher, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Sarah Ann Cummings, "Rhode Island Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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1841 · Dorr Rebellion
The Dorr Rebellion, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, took place from 1841 until 1842. During the Rebellion, the middle-class residents of Rhode Island attempted to force broader democracy to the state legislation.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1862 · US Naval Academy
The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.
Name Meaning
English (Kent): from Middle English becher, denoting one who lived by a beech-tree, from an agent derivative of Middle English beche ‘beech-tree’ (see Beach ), the -er suffix having a locative sense. This English name is also common in Ireland, particularly in Cork.
Americanized form of German Bücher (cognate with 1 above) (see Bucher ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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