Brief Life History of Sarah Hampton
When Sarah Hampton Walden was born in 1805, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, her father, Joseph Walden, was 45 and her mother, Rachel Noe, was 35. She married Rev James Black Burch on 13 February 1822, in Greene, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She died in December 1855, in Fayette, Iowa, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette, Iowa, United States.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Hampton Walden - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 1805; Franklin, Simpson, Kentucky, United States
- Mary Waldren Waldren, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
- Walden in entry for Ann Arthurs, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kings Walden and Saint Pauls Walden (Hertfordshire), Saffron Waldon (Essex), Waldon in Milton Damerel (Devon), and Walden (North Yorkshire). The placenames derives from Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala) + denu ‘valley’.
German: patronymic from Wald 3.
Americanized form of Norwegian Wolden or Volden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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