Brief Life History of Sara Jane
When Sara Jane West was born on 12 July 1834, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel O. West, was 22 and her mother, Bethana or Parthena Gilmore, was 20. She married Reuben L. Cates on 24 December 1850, in Grainger, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Grainger, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and District 6, Grainger, Tennessee, United States in 1880. She died on 1 March 1907, at the age of 72.
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- Sarah ? West in household of Saml O West, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah J Cates, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Mary West in entry for Lida C Shaver, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1835 · The Hermitage is Built
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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