Emma Goodpaster

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Goodpaster was born on 13 February 1853, in Dearborn, Indiana, United States, her father, Franklin Goodpaster, was 30 and her mother, Mary Jane Easton, was 25. She married Oscar Jackson on 3 October 1877, in Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Cochran, Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 11 April 1932, in Aurora, Dearborn, Indiana, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Riverview Cemetery, Center Township, Dearborn, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Jackson
1845–1924
Emma Goodpaster
1853–1932
Marriage: 3 October 1877
John F Jackson
1880–1957
Frank Thomas Jackson
1883–1964
Jackson
1887–1887
Clifford Jackson
1891–1982
Clyde Jackson
1896–1977
Jackson
1896–

Sources (22)

  • Emma Goodpaster in household of Frank Goodpaster, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Emma Goodpaster, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • Emma Goodpaster Jackson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Dearborn, Indiana, United States

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Variant of Goodpasture , a surname of Swiss German origin.

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

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