Sarah Inez Matthews

Female22 March 1894–29 May 1966

Brief Life History of Sarah Inez

When Sarah Inez Matthews was born on 22 March 1894, in Oakley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, her father, Harrison Reynolds Matthews, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Ann Williams, was 31. She married Jenne Revere Fowles on 23 January 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Oakley Election Precinct, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. She died on 29 May 1966, in Idaho, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jenne Revere Fowles
1898–1942
Sarah Inez Matthews
1894–1966
Marriage: 23 January 1924
Jay Revere Fowles
1924–2000
Shirley Fowles
1925–2020
Joseph Harrison Fowles
1933–2009
Lue Ann Fowles
1937–2015

Sources (25)

  • Sarah Inez Matthews Fawles in household of Gen Revear Fawles, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Sara Inez Matthews, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Inez Mathews Fowles in entry for Jenne Revere Fowles, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 January 1924Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (12)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1905

    Age 11

    Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 19

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    English and Irish (Ulster and County Louth): patronymic from the personal name Matthew . In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, such as German Matthäus (from the personal name Matthäus, from Latin Matthaeus) and Slovenian Matavž (from an obsolete vernacular form of the personal name Matevž, from Latin Matthaeus). Compare Mathews .

    Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Mathghamhna (see McMahon ).

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

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