Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Compton was born on 31 August 1838, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Allen Compton, was 29 and her mother, Mary Bettis, was 23. She married Adam Cunningham Bigler on 28 April 1851, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 28 January 1869, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah A Bigler in household of Sarah Bigler, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Ann Cumpton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Sarah Ann Compton Bigler, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1847 · The Great Seal of the State of Iowa is made
The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England (but especially in the southwest) named Compton, from Old English cumb ‘short, straight valley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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