Sariah Anna Johnson

Brief Life History of Sariah Anna

When Sariah Anna Johnson was born on 18 February 1832, in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Joel Hills Johnson, was 29 and her mother, Anna Pixley Johnson, was 31. She married John Eagar on 1 July 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States in 1870 and Virgin, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1880, at the age of 48, her occupation is listed as housekeeper. She died on 27 March 1925, in Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Hurricane City Cemetery, Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Eagar
1823–1864
Sariah Anna Johnson
1832–1925
Marriage: 1 July 1849
Anna Sariah Eagar
1850–1934
John Thomas Eagar
1851–1942
William Walter Eagar
1853–1941
Julia Hills Eagar
1855–1940
Joel Sixtus Eagar
1858–1947
Susan Elizabeth Eagar
1860–1900
Benjamin Franklin Eagar
1862–1884
Mary Elvira Eagar
1863–1883

Sources (56)

  • Saria Johnson in household of Joel H Johnson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sariah Anna Johnson - Church record: birth-name: Sariah Anna Johnson
  • Joel Sixtus Eagar, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

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.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1857

Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1883: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan, Jo(h)n (see John ) + -son. It was often interchanged with Jenson and Janson . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Norwegian, Danish, or North German Johnsen , Johannesen , Johannsen , Johansen , Jansen , Jantzen , and Jensen , Swedish Johnsson (see below), Johansson , Jonsson , and Jansson , Dutch Janssen , German Janz , Czech Jansa 1, and Slovenian Janša (see Jansa 2) and Janežič (see Janezic ). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.

Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John, a variant of Jon (see John ). Compare 1 above.

History: Surname Johnson was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808–75), 17th president of the US, was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough. Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (born c. 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight counties, VA. — Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke Johnson (died 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward Johnson (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St. George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel Johnson (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.

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

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In John Eagar's Words, bio. BONUS: bit of Workman family info, author unknown

History of John Eagar son of Thomas Eagar and Lucy Buell. I was born July 13th 1823 at Auburn Cayuga Co. N.Y. I resided there about 2 yrs. From there my parents moved to the village of Sing Sing on th …

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