Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Higginbotham was born on 19 November 1809, in Mannington, Marion, Virginia, United States, her father, William Higginbotham Jr., was 30 and her mother, Sabra Snodgrass, was 20. She married Gabriel Snodgrass on 27 October 1836, in Tyler, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Marion, Virginia, United States in 1850 and District 7, Mason, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died on 21 March 1869, in Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Ice And Snodgrass Cemetery, Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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- Sarah Snodgrass in household of Gabriel Snodgrass, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Higingbotham, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Sarah Higginbotham Snodgrass, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire): habitational name from Oakenbottom in Bolton le Moors (Lancashire), probably originally called ǣcen-botme ‘oaken valley’. During the Middle Ages this name became successively Eakenbottom and Ickenbottom, with the first element becoming associated with the Lancashire and Cheshire dialect word hicken or higgen ‘mountain ash’ or the personal name Higgin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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