Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Hadfield was born on 15 March 1827, in Manchester, Lancashire, England, her father, Samuel Hadfield, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Godby, was 29. She married Orange Lysander Wight on 7 February 1845, in Prairie La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Rocky Hill, Gillespie, Texas, United States in 1850 and Washington, Utah, United States in 1860. She died in September 1864, in Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Pine Valley, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Hawley in household of S D Allen, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Hadfield, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Hadfield Hawley, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
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
English: habitational name from a place so named in Derbyshire, named from Old English hǣth ‘heathland, heather’ + feld ‘pasture, open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A Remarkable History
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