When Rebecca Ann Lavering was born on 20 September 1840, in Morrow, Ohio, United States, her father, Jacob Lavering, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Singery, was 38. She married William Sawyer on 17 November 1860, in Noble, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Orange Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Rome City, Orange Township, Noble, Indiana, United States in 1897. She died on 5 April 1917, in Kendallville, Wayne Township, Noble, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Sweet Cemetery, Jefferson Township, Noble, Indiana, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Dutch and North German: habitational name from Levering, a farmhouse originally belonging to a certain Lever(t) and his kin (see Lever 3).
English (Devon): possibly of Dutch or North German origin (see above).
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