When Sarah Bobbitt was born in 1848, in Orange, Indiana, United States, her father, John Hughes Bobbitt, was 38 and her mother, Catharine Gobble, was 32. She married John Ellis Cornwell on 15 September 1869, in Orange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Southeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Northeast Township, Orange, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died about 1880, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 33.
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Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Suffolk and Somerset): perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English personal name Bobbet, which could be a diminutive of Bobbe (see Bubb ) or a rhyming form of the Middle English personal name Robet, a diminutive of Robert . However, Bob is not attested as a pet form of Robert before the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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