Brief Life History of Sarah Ella
When Sarah Ella Fairchild was born on 31 January 1856, in Vermilion, Illinois, United States, her father, Rev. Daniel Fairchild Jr., was 45 and her mother, Elizabeth Lucy Hemenway, was 43. She married James Robert Drayton on 20 January 1874, in Carlyle, Clinton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Aviston, Clinton, Illinois, United States in 1900 and East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 June 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Trenton Cemetery, Trenton, Clinton, Illinois, United States.
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- Ella Drayton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ellen Fairchilds - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Sarah Ella Fairchild
- Ellen Fairchilds, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English fair child ‘handsome child’ or ‘handsome youth of noble birth’ (see Child ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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