Sarah Catherine Wells Luster

1865–5 August 1941 (Age 76)
Greene, Tennessee, United States

The Life Summary of Sarah Catherine Wells

When Sarah Catherine Wells Luster was born in 1865, in Greene, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Russom Young Luster, was 35 and her mother, Lydia Brown, was 34. She married John Porter Goodwin on 15 November 1883, in Independence, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 daughters. She lived in Alfalfa Township, Tillman, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Dill Township, Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 5 August 1941, in New Cordell, Washita, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cordell Township, Washita, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Porter Goodwin
1861–1957
Sarah Catherine Wells Luster
1865–1941
Marriage: 15 November 1883
Allison Goodwin
1884–1885
Annie Goodwin
1885–1885
Tula Roberta Goodwin
1887–1950
Theresa Velma Goodwin
1889–1958
Ruth Helen Goodwin
1892–1974
Reba May Goodwin
1896–1899
Mourine Cecil Goodwin
1899–
Una Julia Goodwin
1903–1978
Martha L Goodwin
1906–2006

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 November 1883Independence, Arkansas, United States
  • Children

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1865
    Age 0
    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
    1865 · Sultana Tragedy
    Age 0
    In April of 1865, the steamboat the Sultana exploded. The Civil War had been over for awhile so this was considered the worst maritime disaster in US history. Compared to the Titanic where 1,512 people were killed, 1,8000 soldiers were killed on the Sultana. Confederate soldiers that weeks earlier had been fighting with Union soldiers were now fighting to save their lives.
    1886
    Age 21
    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    Name Meaning

    Probably an altered form of English Lester . This surname is common among African Americans.German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Lust (see Lust 2).Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): either an artificial extension of Lust 1 or from southern German Luster ‘chandelier’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lester

    Sources (14)

    • Sarah C Goodwin in household of J P Goodwin, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Sarah C Luster, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
    • Sarah Catherine Wells Luster in entry for Una Julia Goodwin, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"

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