Mary Katherine Sage

Brief Life History of Mary Katherine

When Mary Katherine Sage was born on 2 January 1842, in Oldham, Kentucky, United States, her father, Daniel Harrison Sage, was 39 and her mother, Jane Dye, was 25. She married Irvin I. Pemberton on 7 June 1866, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1880. She died in 1920, in Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Royse City Cemetery, Royse City, Rockwall, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel W. Herndon
1830–1900
Mary Katherine Sage
1842–1920
Marriage: 6 January 1877
Lindon Herndon
1870–
Charles Alexander Herndon
1877–1950
Jenny Allis Herndon
1880–1899

Sources (6)

  • Mary Herndon, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Marry C Page in entry for Charlie Alexander Herndon, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Mary C Hernson in household of Charles A Hernson, "United States Census, 1900"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846

Historical Boundaries: 1846: Hunt, Texas, United States

1863

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

Name Meaning

French and English (of Norman origin): nickname for a wise, learned man, from the Old French and Middle English adjective sage ‘wise, learned, sensible’, from Latin sagus ‘prophetic’, akin to sagax ‘sharp, perceptive’. Compare Desage and Lesage .

Irish (Meath): in some cases, a variant of Savage , via the Gaelicized form Sabhaois.

German: habitational name from a place near Oldenburg, so named from an old word, sege ‘sedge, reed’.

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

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