Sarah A. Marston

Brief Life History of Sarah A.

When Sarah A. Marston was born on 23 September 1841, in Parsonsfield, York, Maine, United States, her father, Caleb Marston Jr., was 28 and her mother, Dorcas Durgin, was 28. She married Marshall Warren Piper on 24 December 1868, in Tuftonboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Tuftonboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States in 1880 and Brockton, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States in 1900. She died on 26 October 1915, in Wolfeboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Melvin Village Community Church Cemetery, Melvin Village, Tuftonboro, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States.

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Marshall Warren Piper
1848–1922
Sarah A. Marston
1841–1915
Marriage: 24 December 1868
Elizabeth Mildred Piper
1870–1909

Sources (17)

  • Sarah D Marston in household of Caleb Marston, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah A. Marston, "New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
  • Sarah D. Piper, "New Hampshire, Death Records, 1654-1947"

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World Events (8)

1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty

The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).

1846

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston, in counties including Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Sussex, and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

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

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