Brief Life History of Sarah R.
When Sarah R. Hazelton was born in November 1839, in Sheffield Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, Loren Hazelton, was 35 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Hooghkirk, was 26. She married William Henry Wallace on 17 December 1857, in Scott, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Goshen Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1923, in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lindsay, Garvin, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Sarah Wallace, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Hazelton, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Sarah R. Hazelton Wallace, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hazelton Wood (Essex), Hazelton Bottom (Hertfordshire), Hesselton (North Yorkshire), Hazelton (Gloucestershire), or some other similarly named place elsewhere. The Essex and Hertfordshire placenames derive from Old English hæsel ‘hazel’ + denu ‘valley’ while the North Yorkshire and Gloucestershire placenames derive from Old English hæsel + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. See also Hazeltine .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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