Brief Life History of Sarah Lee
When Sarah Lee Freeland was born on 5 April 1863, in Glover Gap, Marion, West Virginia, United States, her father, Elijah Freeland, was 44 and her mother, Martha Anne Campbell, was 39. She married Samuel L Kendall on 14 October 1880, in Marion, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Mannington District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Mannington, Marion, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 July 1939, in Glover Gap, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Glover Gap, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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- Sarah L Kendall, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sarah Freeland, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
- Sarah L Freeland, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English (southeastern): status name for a holder of land held without obligation of rent or service, from Middle English freland, frilond, literally ‘free land’ (Old English frēo land, frīg land). As a Sussex name, it may refer specifically to Freeland in Storrington (West Easewrithe Hundred). There is also a place called Freeland's Wood in Farleigh, Surrey. Compare Frankland .
English: elsewhere than Sussex, Surrey and Kent, possibly also from the Old French personal name Freland, from ancient Germanic Fredeland, composed of the elements frith ‘peace’ + land ‘land’.
Americanized form of Dutch Vreeland .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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