Sarah Lunsford

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Lunsford was born on 8 July 1818, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, James Lunsford, was 26 and her mother, Mary Polly White, was 18. She married Job Westin Tibbits on 21 June 1835, in Elbert, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Ward One, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States in 1870 and District 1116, Lumpkin, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died in 1880, at the age of 62, and was buried in Hampton, Calhoun, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Job Westin Tibbits
1817–1871
Sarah Lunsford
1818–1880
Marriage: 21 June 1835
Jefferson Timothy Osborne Tibbits
1836–1928
Woodson Asbury Tibbits
1839–
Martha Tibbits
1844–
Emily Frances Tibbits
1846–1920
Mary R Tibbits
1848–
Andrew James Tibbitt
1850–1933
Anderson Tibbits
1850–
Ann Tibbits
1852–
Eliza Tibbits
1854–

Sources (8)

  • Sarah Woody, "United States, Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Lunseford, "Georgia, Elbert County Records, 1790-2002"
  • S Tibbits, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1832

Historical Boundaries: 1832: Union, Georgia, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Lundsford in East Sussex, so named from an Old English personal name Lundrǣd + Old English ford ‘ford’.

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

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