Brief Life History of Sarah E
When Sarah E Workman was born about 1846, in Logan, Virginia, United States, her father, Abijah Workman, was 27 and her mother, Nancy Perry, was 24. She lived in Logan, Logan, Virginia, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Sarah E Workman in household of A Workman, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Workman in entry for Arnold Workman, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
- Sarah E Workman in household of Abijah Workman, "United States Census, 1850"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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