Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie"
When Sarah Elizabeth "Bessie" Peck was born on 26 February 1872, in Alabama, United States, her father, John Wylie Peck, was 46 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Love, was 40. She married William Amslom Baber Sr in 1892, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States for about 30 years and Election Precinct 11 Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 November 1953, in Morgan, Alabama, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Fennell Cemetery, Trinity, Morgan, Alabama, United States.
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- Sarah E Baker, "United States 1950 Census"
- Sarah Elizabeth Baber, "Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974"
- Sarah Peck in entry for John Morman Baber, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Speake , with loss of initial S- (or perhaps vice versa).
English: variant of Peak .
English: perhaps occasionally a variant of Petch , itself a variant of Peach .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sarah Elizabeth Peck
arah Elizabeth "Bessie" Peck Baber was the daughter of John Wilburn Peck, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth Love Peck. Her grandmothers were Celia Fennel Peck and Margaret Fennel Love, daughters of Wylie and Ce …
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