Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Bigler was born on 9 October 1819, in Shinnston, Harrison, Virginia, United States, her father, Mark Bigler, was 34 and her mother, Susannah Ogden, was 33. She married Caleb Washington Lyons on 16 January 1840, in Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 3 October 1889, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Taylor in household of Thomas Taylor, "United States Census, 1880"
- Bigler Temple Book Page 3 (showing children's births of Mark Bigler and Susanna Ogden)
- Sarah Bigler, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Name Meaning
South German: topographic name for someone who lived by a curve in a street or river, or in a nook, from Middle High German biegel ‘nook, corner’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Personal History of Oscar Fitzallen Lyons
Personal History of Oscar Fitzallen Lyons I, Oscar Fitzallen Lyons, son of Caleb Washington Lyons and Sarah Bigler Lyons, was born the 25th day of December, 1840, near Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illi …
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