Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Cosgrove was born on 14 December 1831, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Cosgrove, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Dutton, was 38. She married John Wood on 26 August 1849, in Sutton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Croydon, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 25 July 1900, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Glendale Cemetery, Glendale, Beaverhead, Montana, United States.
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- Sarah Wood in household of Margret Cosgrave, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, named with an Old English personal name Cōf + Old English grāf ‘grove, thicket’.
Irish (Fermanagh; Armagh): adopted for Ó Coscraigh ‘descendant of Coscrach’ or Mac Coscraigh ‘son of Coscrach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious, triumphant’, from coscur ‘victory, triumph’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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