Zachariah Joseph Saffell

Brief Life History of Zachariah Joseph

When Zachariah Joseph Saffell was born in 1814, in Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Rev James Grimes Saffell, was 34 and his mother, Amy Wheat Jacobs, was 31. He married Susannah D. Cornelius on 6 October 1836, in Moulton, Lawrence, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States in 1850 and Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died on 4 July 1871, in Jonesboro, Craighead, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 57.

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Zachariah Joseph Saffell
1814–1871
Susannah D. Cornelius
1815–1880
Marriage: 6 October 1836
James William Saffell
1837–1870
Emaline Saffell
1840–1915
John Saffell
1843–
William Saffell
1844–1916
Annie C Saffell
1846–1916
Caroline Saffell
1848–
Rebecca Jane Saffell
1850–1902
Samuel Saffell
1853–1916

Sources (9)

  • Zachariah Saffell, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Zackariah Saffell, "Alabama County Marriages, 1711-1992"
  • Z Saffa, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1817

Mississippi is the 20th state.

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. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Essex): from the Middle English personal name Safugel (Old Norse sǽfogl ‘sea-bird, especially the cormorant’), not recorded as a personal name in Scandinavia, but common in England after the Norman Conquest. In some cases with voicing of intervocalic /f/ to /v/, there may have been confusion with Saville .

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

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