Sarah
RIGHTER
(b.
29 August 1808
,
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
d.
18 September 1884
,
)
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Sarah RIGHTER was born 29 August 1808 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Sarah RIGHTER was the child of John RIGHTER and Elisabeth STARN and the grandchild of: (paternal) David RIGHTER and Elizabeth PHIPPSSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Sarah married Thomas Ira MAJOR . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Thomas Ira MAJOR was born 19 September 1811 in Pennsylvania, USA. Thomas Ira died 17 April 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Thomas Ira was the child of Thomas MAJOR and Catherine Agnes CURRY.
Sarah RIGHTER died 18 September 1884
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Family and Children of Sarah RIGHTER
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Thomas Ira MAJOR was the child of Thomas MAJOR and Catherine Agnes CURRY
Children of Thomas Ira MAJOR and Sarah RIGHTER:
Thomas Elwood MAJOR (b.19 September 1849, Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, USA d. 1 July 1939, Morristown, Ohio, USA)
m. Virginia Pamelia BERKELEY 16 April 1873 in Washington, DC, USA
Thomas Ira MAJOR-- Place: Thomas Ira MAJOR was the child of Thomas MAJOR and Catherine Agnes CURRY
Children of Thomas Ira MAJOR and Sarah RIGHTER:
Thomas Elwood MAJOR (b.19 September 1849, Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, USA d. 1 July 1939, Morristown, Ohio, USA)m. Virginia Pamelia BERKELEY 16 April 1873 in Washington, DC, USA
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1808 Birth 29 August 1808
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Sarah Righter Major, “An Uncommon Woman”
“Sarah Righter Major was entirely out of place among the Brethren and yet remained entirely in her place. And that is how she became the first, and, for decades, the only woman preacher in the fraternity. Sarah was born August 29, 1808 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she was eighteen, she heard Harriet Livermore preach, and the event changed her life. Miss Livermore was a well-known preacher whom the more progressive Philadelphia area Brethren sometimes allowed to preach, something Brethren in the rural areas would have been much less likely to permit.
Apparently, Harriet Livermore did more than convert young Sarah. She also set a provocative example, for shortly after Sarah joined the church, she herself felt called to preach. She knew how the Brethren felt about women preachers. They took Paul’s admonition in 1 Corinthians 14.34-35 very seriously: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to...Read MORE...
oaktonbrethren.org
Sarah Righter Major, “An Uncommon Woman”
“Sarah Righter Major was entirely out of place among the Brethren and yet remained entirely in her place. And that is how she became the first, and, for decades, the only woman preacher in the fraternity. Sarah was born August 29, 1808 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When she was eighteen, she heard Harriet Livermore preach, and the event changed her life. Miss Livermore was a well-known preacher whom the more progressive Philadelphia area Brethren sometimes allowed to preach, something Brethren in the rural areas would have been much less likely to permit.
Apparently, Harriet Livermore did more than convert young Sarah. She also set a provocative example, for shortly after Sarah joined the church, she herself felt called to preach. She knew how the Brethren felt about women preachers. They took Paul’s admonition in 1 Corinthians 14.34-35 very seriously: “Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to...Read MORE...
oaktonbrethren.org
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1849 Birth of ChildThomas Elwood MAJOR was born 19 September 1849, Greenfield, Highland, Ohio, USA
Sarah was 41 years old.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1873 Marriage of ChildThomas Elwood MAJOR married 16 April 1873, Washington, DC, USA to Virginia Pamelia BERKELEY
Added: 10/7/2022 2:07:02 PM
- Updated: 10/8/2022 11:28:00 AM
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