Sarah Elizabeth Gower

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth Gower was born on 7 April 1852, in Wright, Missouri, United States, her father, Zackious William Gower, was 35 and her mother, Polly Amanda Stewart, was 25. She married John Wesley Marshall on 28 February 1867, in Timberhill Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Montague, Texas, United States in 1880 and South Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States in 1900. She died on 17 June 1918, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Marshall
1843–1904
Sarah Elizabeth Gower
1852–1918
Marriage: 28 February 1867
Thomas Homer Marshall
1868–1904
John Gower Marshall
1871–1959
Alice May Marshall
1885–1935

Sources (17)

  • Sarah E Marshall in household of John W Marshall, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth E Gower, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Sarah Elizabeth Gower Marshall, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Bourbon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Bourbon, Kansas, United States

1863

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

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Gohiere, the Old French form of what is now known as Goelle, the country north of Paris.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Anglo-Norman French Goier, Joier, denoting a man from any of several places in Normandy and Picardy called Gouy, Joué, or Jouy (derived from the Latin personal name Gaudius, Old French Goi, Joi + -acum ‘joy’).

English (of Norman origin): from a Norman personal name, Go(h)ier, ancient Germanic Godehar, cognate with the Old English name mentioned at Gooder .

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

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