Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Cowles was born on 26 June 1798, in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Phineas Cowles, was 36 and her mother, Catharine Stone, was 31. She married Joseph Stafford on 5 December 1816, in Albany, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Barton, Orleans, Vermont, United States for about 30 years. She died on 4 February 1883, in Orleans, Vermont, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Orleans, Vermont, United States.
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- Sarah Stafford in household of Joseph Stafford, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sally Cowls, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Sarah Cowles Stafford, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812 · Manchester Food Riots
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Coles .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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