Sarah Lee Freeland

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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Family Time Line

Samuel L Kendall
1860–1923
Sarah Lee Freeland
1863–1939
Marriage: 14 October 1880
Lenora M Kendall
1881–1959
Albert K Kendall
1884–1916
John L. Kendall
1885–1885
Alfred E. Kendall
1887–1888
Martha E. Kendall
1889–1889
Hiram Bryan Kendall
1896–1981
Kirtz Kendall
1915–1916

Sources (28)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

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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