Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Downing was born on 22 September 1846, in Pulaski, Pulaski, Illinois, United States, her father, George Downing, was 27 and her mother, Arminda Pricilla Witter, was 22. She married James Franklin Bowman on 29 December 1865, in Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Creek Township, DeWitt, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1929. She died on 24 January 1929, in Logan, Edgar, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Pulaski, Logan, Illinois, United States.
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- Sarah A Bowman in household of James Bowman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah A. Rainey, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Sarah Ann Downing Bowman, "Find A Grave Index"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851 Edgar, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing, Douning (Old English Dunning, a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn ).
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill, an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’, equivalent to Downer . This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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