When Florence Madora Gaar was born on 19 January 1855, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Staunton Wilhoite Gaar, was 42 and her mother, Catharine Jane Blankenbaker, was 35. She married James Wright Logan on 24 November 1874, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Bedford Township, Cross, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Wynne, Cross, Arkansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 16 October 1936, in Cross, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in McElroy, Cross, Arkansas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1862: Cross, Arkansas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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Austrian German: nickname for a person who was ready and willing (to do a task), from Middle High German gar ‘ready, prepared’.
Perhaps also Dutch (Van de Gaar): topographic name from Middle Dutch gader, gaer ‘gate’, in a habitational sense e.g. from De Gader near Hasselt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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