Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Sanders was born on 24 June 1796, in Warren, Ohio, United States, her father, John Sanders, was 31 and her mother, Massey, was 22. She married John Spray on 30 September 1813. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 31 July 1840, in her hometown, at the age of 44, and was buried in Caesars Creek, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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- Sarah Saunders Spray, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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