Brief Life History of Sarah Ann Eliza
When Sarah Ann Eliza Alphin was born on 19 February 1853, in Madisonville, Madison, Texas, United States, her father, Israel Dodge Allphin, was 38 and her mother, Burnetta Collings, was 34. She married John Mathis Thomas on 18 November 1868, in Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Clark, Nevada, United States in 1930 and Overton Township, Clark, Nevada, United States in 1940. She died on 20 March 1944, in Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Pioneer Hill Cemetery, Overton, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- Sarah E Thomas, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sarah Ann Eliza Allphin Thomas, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Alphin in entry for Ethel Thomas Perkins, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
Altered form of an unidentified surname, possibly Dutch Van Alphen: habitational name from either of the places so named in North Brabant and South Holland. Compare Allphin .
History: An entry in the English Patent Rolls records a Richard Alphyn, born in Gelderland, the Netherlands, living in Leicester in 1436, and the name recurs in post-medieval records in England, whence it may also have been brought to the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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