Sarah H Word

Brief Life History of Sarah H

When Sarah H Word was born in 1839, in Hopkins, Kentucky, United States, her father, Frederick Dashwood Word, was 33 and her mother, Mary Isabella Jones, was 23. She married John S. Lamb on 21 April 1855, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Piney, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States in 1920. She died on 8 October 1924, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Marion, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

John S. Lamb
1833–1898
Sarah H Word
1839–1924
Marriage: 21 April 1855
Mary Emma Lamb
1857–1931
Richard Lee Lamb
1859–1885
Cordie Lamb
1869–1889
Lura Lou Lamb
1872–1959
Charles Elbert Lamb
1874–1959

Sources (22)

  • Sarah Lamb in household of H Newton Lamb, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah H Word - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Sarah H Word
  • Sarah H. Word, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1842

Historical Boundaries- 1842: Crittenden, Kentucky, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1862 · Battle of Perryville

On October 8, 1862, the Battle of Perryville took place between the Army of Ohio and the Army of Mississippi. It was the bloodiest battle on Kentucky soil. The Union lost around four thousand people and the Confederates lost around three thousand people. This was about one fifth of those that fought.

Name Meaning

Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Van der Woord, a habitational name from any of the places called Woord or Woerd.

English: variant of Worth .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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