Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Rich was born on 4 March 1839, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Charles Coulson Rich, was 29 and her mother, Sarah DeArmon Pea, was 24. She married John Tobin on 9 December 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 August 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (19)
- Sarah J. Miller, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah Jane Rich Miller, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Sarah Jane Rich Miller, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Transcription of Sarah's story of receiving her Patriarchal Blessing (as recorded in her autobiography from pages 49-52, accessed from the Church History Library, June 8, 2006, number MS 15431-3, spelling and punctuation modernized.)
...on the fourth of March my first child was born a fine little Daughter who now is fifty years old living in this city her name is Sarah Jane Miller. I got along finely for a few days but took a bac …
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