Savannah Georgia Hyder

Brief Life History of Savannah Georgia

When Savannah Georgia Hyder was born on 8 October 1876, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States, her father, Jackson Hyder, was 37 and her mother, Nancy Rains, was 35. She married General Sherman Rains in 1905, in Wayne, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Powersburg, Wayne, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Magisterial District 3, Wayne, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 7 October 1960, in Windy, Wayne, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Gapcreek, Wayne, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

General Sherman Rains
1867–1951
Savannah Georgia Hyder
1876–1960
Marriage: 1905
Cyril Raymond Rains
1905–1994
Charlie Horace Rains
1909–1996

Sources (10)

  • Bonnie Rains in household of Sherman Rains, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Savannah Georgia Rains, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
  • Sherman Rains in entry for Charlie Rains and Clovia Beaty, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1879

Historical Boundaries 1879: Wayne, Kentucky, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (Kent and Sussex): status name or topographic name for one who lived on or possessed a hide of land, from Middle English hide + the locative suffix -er. This is a characteristically southeastern English name, synonymous with Middle English atte hide elsewhere (see Hyde ).

Americanized form of German Heider .

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

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