Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Campbell was born in 1824, in Macon, North Carolina, United States, her father, Andrew Campbell, was 39 and her mother, Mary Mercy Wiggins, was 39. She married Moses Loftin Sherrill on 29 November 1838, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Jackson, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died after 1900, in Swain, North Carolina, United States, and was buried in Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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- Sarah C Sherrill in household of Lofton Sherrill, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sary Camel, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Sallie Sherrill in entry for Fannie Shuler, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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