Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
When Sarah Elizabeth Yager was born on 26 August 1858, in Burton, Grant, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Reverend John W Yager, was 31 and her mother, Mary Anna Trottman, was 25. She married Anthony Reed on 5 July 1882, in Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Waterloo, Grant, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 March 1931, in Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Elizabeth Yager in household of John Yager, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah E. Yager, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
- Sarah Elizabeth Yager Reed, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The First Successful Typewriter is Invented
A patent was filed on October 11, 1867, on a new direct action typewriter. The patent was filed by Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule who had invented the prototype in Milwaukee.
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
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Jäger (see Jaeger ), German, Dutch, and Slovenian Jager , Slovak and Czech Jáger and Jágr, all meaning ‘hunter’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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