Brief Life History of Sarah Agatha
When Sarah Agatha Littlefield was born on 28 October 1849, in Tippah, Mississippi, United States, her father, Luther Rice Littlefield, was 22 and her mother, Nancy Artemesia Woolverton, was 20. She married William Ashley Harris on 18 October 1868, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Tennessee, Tennessee, United States in 1870 and McNairy, Tennessee, United States for about 50 years. She died on 7 February 1940, in Leapwood, McNairy, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Mars Hill Cemetery, Adamsville, McNairy, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Sarah A Harris, "United States Census, 1870"
- S E Littlefield, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Sarah Agatha Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Littlefield Green in White Waltham, Berkshire. The placename derives from Old English lȳtel ‘little’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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She also was known as Sarah Elizabeth Harris (she didn't like the name Agatha, but that was her official middle name). She was named after her grandmother, who was Agatha (Williams) Woolverton.
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