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Sarah “Sallie” BestAge: 74 years17601834

Name
Sarah “Sallie” Best
Given names
Sarah
Surname
Best
Married name
Sarah Taylor
Nickname
Sallie
Birth February 1760
MarriageJoseph Taylor Jr.View this family
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Historical Event
The French & Indian War
between 1754 and 1763

Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1775 and 1776 (Age 14 years)

Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics
Historical Event
The American Revolution
from 1775 to 1783 (Age 14 years)

Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Birth of a daughter
#1
Amy Temperance Taylor
about 1784 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
between 1793 and 1798 (Age 32 years)
Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
Historical Event
The Louisiana Purchase
1803 (Age 42 years)

Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase
Birth of a grandson
#1
Axium Green “A G” Wallace
March 13, 1813 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
War of 1812
between 1812 and 1815 (Age 51 years)

Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Historical Event
Cholera Epidemic
1832 (Age 71 years)
Note: Cholera killed 4,340 people in New Orleans & over 3,000 in New York City - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics
Death March 22, 1834 (Age 74 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Taylor Cemetery
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Sarah “Sallie” Best
Birth: February 1760Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 22, 1834Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Family with Joseph Taylor Jr. - View this family
husband
herself
Sarah “Sallie” Best
Birth: February 1760Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 22, 1834Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Marriage:
daughter
Amy Temperance Taylor
Birth: about 1784 23Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Death: 1865Martin, North Carolina, United States
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daughter
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Sarah “Sallie” Best has 0 first cousins recorded

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Note
She was the great grandmother of Henry Hardin Cherry (founder of Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY)