Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Prime was born on 23 January 1827, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Mark Prime, was 26 and her mother, Polly Austin, was 22. She married Sewell Getchell Lord on 2 December 1851, in Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 13 August 1900, in Shapleigh, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Ogunquit, York, Maine, United States.
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- Sarah Lord in household of Sewall Lord, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Prince, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Sarah Prince Lord, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1851 · First State to Attempt Prohibition
"In 1851, Maine outlawed the sale of alcohol, allowing exceptions only for ""medicinal, mechanical, and manufacturing purposes"". This made Maine the first state to experiment with prohibition. Neal Dow, mayor of Portland, believed that alcohol was linked to slavery and was also convinced by the Christian temperance movement. Dow ran into problems later for his anti-immigration rhetoric against the Irish, and also for breaking his own prohibition laws; although not a designated ""purchaser"", Dow personally purchased alcohol to distribute to local doctors, violating a technicality. As the citizens turned against him, Dow eventually ordered soldiers to fire on protesters. This marked a sharp decline in Dow's political career, and the Maine Law was repealed by 1856. Aspects of the law would remain in tact, however, and ultimately paved the way for the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol on the national level."
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name or nickname. The personal name existed in Old English, and is probably derived from Old English prim ‘early morning’ (from Latin primus ‘first’, used as the name of one of the canonical hours). The surname may be derived from this word as a Middle English nickname in the sense ‘fine, excellent’.
Dutch (Primé): of French origin (see 3 below).
French: from the feminine form of Prim 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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