Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Jones was born on 11 February 1861, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, her father, Thomas Jones, was 33 and her mother, Sage Treharne, was 28. She married Samuel Alonzo Higbee on 25 January 1882, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 10 March 1895, in her hometown, at the age of 34, and was buried in Cedar City Cemetery, Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Ann Jones in household of Sage Jones, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah Ann Jones, "BillionGraves Index"
- Sarah Ann Higbee, "Utah, Cemetery Abstracts"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Uriah Treharne Jones (1861-1929)
On 11 February 1861, twins--a boy and a girl--were born to Thomas and Sage Treharne Jones. They were named Uriah Treharne and Sarah Ann. The following month, the Civil War began. The twins had …
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