Sarah Ann Whitehead

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Whitehead was born on 24 December 1816, in Evansham, Wythe, Virginia, United States, her father, John Whitehead, was 24 and her mother, Margaret P Hubble, was 21. She married Thomas Wickliff on 8 January 1835, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Van Buren Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. She died on 20 February 1881, in Shelbyville, Addison Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Marion Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wickliff
1815–1881
Sarah Ann Whitehead
1816–1881
Marriage: 8 January 1835
Arenia Irene Wickliff
1835–1904
John P Wickliff
1835–1910
Albert Lawson Wickliff
1860–1926
Catherine Wickliff
1838–1866
General Francis Marion Wickliff
1842–1906
Loretta Almira Howery
1847–1919
John Thomas Wickliff
1850–
Margaret Wickliff
1852–1927
Jacob M. Wickliff
1853–1913
Sarah Wickliff
1855–1868
Mary Wickliff
1858–1860

Sources (9)

  • Sarah A Wickliff in household of Thos Wickliff, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Ann Whited Or Whitehead, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Sarah Ann Whited Wickliff, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1822

Historical Boundaries 1822: Delaware New Purchase, Indiana, United States 1822: Shelby, Indiana, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).

Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).

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

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