Brief Life History of Sarah Levisa
When Sarah Levisa Harman was born about 1838, in Burkes Garden, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, her father, Henry C. Harman, was 69 and her mother, Mary Polly Day, was 37. She married Thomas F. Nickell on 15 October 1854, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Eastern District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States in 1860. She died in June 1864, in Nebraska, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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- Sally Nickell in household of Thomas Nickell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah L Nickell, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Sary Harmon, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1844 · Lumpkin's Jail
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
Name Meaning
English (mainly southeast), Dutch, and Czech: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + man ‘man’ (see Hermann ). In England this name was introduced by the Normans.
Irish: variant of Hargadon .
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): perhaps a nickname for someone with a copious or noticeable head of hair (see Haar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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