Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah McMillan was born on 22 February 1874, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States, her father, Elias Anderson Ance McMillan, was 22 and her mother, Phoebe Ellender Lindsey, was 17. She married Peter Sherman Walker on 9 December 1889, in Cocke, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 12, Crockett, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 9, Cocke, Tennessee, United States for about 30 years. She died on 9 May 1949, at the age of 75.
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- Sara Walker, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sarah Mcmillan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sarah Walker in entry for Earnest Edmond Walker, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic
When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Maoláin, a patronymic from the byname Maolán, a diminutive of maol ‘bald, tonsured’. In Scotland the usual form is Macmillan . Compare the Irish Anglicized form McMullan and Mullen 1.
History: This is the name of a Scottish clan traditionally associated with lands in Knapdale, Argyll. Tradition has it that they are descended from a married priest or tonsured lay abbot called Gille Chriosd (‘servant of Christ’), who lived in the 12th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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