Georgia Ella Sawyer

Brief Life History of Georgia Ella

When Georgia Ella Sawyer was born on 9 October 1875, in Iowa, United States, her father, Jones William Sawyer, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Martha Griffis, was 29. She married William Perry States on 4 January 1892, in Knoxville, Ray, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Beard Township, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 October 1959, in Cherokee, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Ware Cemetery, Byron Township, Alfalfa, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Perry States
1864–1926
Georgia Ella Sawyer
1875–1959
Marriage: 4 January 1892
Florence Bell States
1893–1930
Mabel Mary States
1895–1979
Leland Edward States
1897–1969
Ernest Roy States
1898–1902
Pearl Marie States
1901–1991
Leonard Williams States
1904–1973
Esther States
1905–1905
Edna Alice States
1906–1984
Clara Clementine States
1908–1978
Lila Muriel States
1910–1969
Othel Lenore States
1917–1993

Sources (43)

  • Georgia Ella Slater, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Georgia Ella Sawyer States, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Ella States, "Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1992"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1884 · There is now a Capital Building

The capitol building in Des Moines originally had a budget of $1,500,000 but complications arose because of the need of a redesign. The building was dedicated on January 17, 1884, but it wasn’t completed until 1886. On January 4, 1904, a fire started and swept through the areas that housed the Supreme Court and Iowa House of Representatives. A major restoration was performed and documented, with the addition of electrical lighting, elevators, and a telephone system. By the early 1980s, the sandstone exterior of the Capitol had started deteriorating and prompted the installation of canopies to protect pedestrians from falling rubble. The entire reconstruction process took around 18 years to complete.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).

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

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