When Sarah Jane Woods was born on 30 July 1819, in Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, John Woods, was 37 and her mother, Frances J “Fannie” Saxton, was 31. She married Samuel Ferris Moses Fretwell about 1836, in Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Fayette, Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Lafayette, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. She died on 14 September 1909, in Georgetown, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
Do you know Sarah Jane? Do you have a story about her that you would like to share? Sign In or Create a FREE Account
+7 More Children
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.
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Iowa, Michigan Territory, United States 1838: Iowa, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: variant of Wood with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted as a translation of Ó Cuill ‘descendant of Coll’ (see Quill ), or in Ulster of Mac Con Coille ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’, which has also been mistranslated Cox , as if formed with coileach ‘cock, rooster’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesAs a nonprofit, we offer free help to those looking to learn the details of their family story.