When Sarah Jane Lawson was born on 25 December 1847, in Decatur, Indiana, United States, her father, Berry Lawson, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ann Riley, was 22. She married William Henry Crafton on 4 January 1876, in Shelby, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Noble Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 October 1901, in Shelby, Indiana, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Noble Township, Shelby, Indiana, United States.
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Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish and northern English: patronymic ‘son of Lawrence’; see Law 1. It is also found in Ireland since the 17th century.
Americanized form of Swedish Larsson and Danish, Norwegian or North German Larsen .
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