Brief Life History of Elizabeth Sarah
When Elizabeth Sarah Pinkerton was born on 11 May 1838, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Elisha Chrisman Pinkerton, was 34 and her mother, Rebecca Stiteler, was 24. She married Edwin Miles Phillips about 1863, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Eagle, Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 18 December 1874, in Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Eagle, Upper Uwchlan Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Elizabeth Phillips in household of Edward Phillips, "United States Census, 1870"
- Lizzie Philips, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Philips in entry for Phillips, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Births, 1860-1906"
Spouse and Children
World Events (5)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from a place near Dunbar, which is from Scots pincern ‘butler’ + toun ‘farm, holding, settlement’. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 18th century, if not earlier.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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