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Sarah Elizabeth SurrattAge: 35 years18611897

Name
Sarah Elizabeth Surratt
Given names
Sarah Elizabeth
Surname
Surratt
Married name
Sarah Elizabeth Loftin
Birth October 7, 1861 44 43
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Death of a fatherBeverly Allen Surratt
1866 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 5 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 5 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 7 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 16 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
MarriageThomas Jefferson “T J” LoftinView this family
about 1887 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1
Cleta May Loftin
July 8, 1888 (Age 26 years)
Death of a motherMary Ann “Marsey” Finch
April 17, 1892 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Lottie A Loftin
January 1893 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#3
Bethel Carrie “Betty” Loftin
May 2, 1896 (Age 34 years)
Death April 1, 1897 (Age 35 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Surratt Family Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: August 26, 1839Davidson, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder sister
19 years
herself
Sarah Elizabeth Surratt
Birth: October 7, 1861 44 43Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1, 1897Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Family with Thomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin - View this family
husband
herself
Sarah Elizabeth Surratt
Birth: October 7, 1861 44 43Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 1, 1897Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: about 1887
18 months
daughter
Cleta May Loftin
Birth: July 8, 1888 25 26North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1986Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
5 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Bethel Carrie “Betty” Loftin
Birth: May 2, 1896 33 34North Carolina, United States
Death: August 21, 1973Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Thomas Jefferson “T J” Loftin + Malinda Lorraine J “Linda” Parker - View this family
husband
husband’s wife
Marriage: March 14, 1899Rowan, North Carolina, United States
21 months
step-daughter
Sarah Elizabeth Loftin
Birth: December 23, 1900 37 34Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 2, 1971Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States
3 years
step-son
Kerney Valentine Loftin
Birth: February 15, 1904 40 37Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 10, 1955Richmond, Virginia, United States

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