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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Historical Boundaries: 1855: Bourbon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Bourbon, Kansas, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.
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 .
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