Elizabeth Fields

Female1806–23 September 1878

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Fields was born in 1806, in Kentucky, United States. She married Silas King Shomaker on 10 June 1852, in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. She lived in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died on 23 September 1878, in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pendleton, Kentucky, United States.

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Silas King Shomaker
1800–1878
Elizabeth Fields
1806–1878
Marriage: 10 June 1852

Sources (11)

  • Elizabeth Shoemaker in household of Silas Shoemaker, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Elizabeth Coleman, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Elizabeth Fields Shoemaker, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    10 June 1852Pendleton, Kentucky, United States

    • World Events (8)

    1808

    Age 2

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    1812 · Kentucky Bend Created

    Age 6

    During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    Age 19

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English feldes, plural or possessive of feld ‘arable field, flat open country’. See Field .

    Americanized form (translation into English) of French Deschamps .

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

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