Brief Life History of Adelaide " Addie"
When Adelaide " Addie" Sack was born on 10 July 1860, in Lima Township, Carroll, Illinois, United States, her father, Conrad Sack, was 42 and her mother, Elizabeth Miller, was 40. She married Henry Imel on 20 November 1878, in Chadwick, Carroll, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fair Haven, Carroll, Illinois, United States for about 50 years. She died on 1 April 1940, in Chadwick, Carroll, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Chadwick Cemetery, Chadwick, Carroll, Illinois, United States.
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- Adelaide Sack, "United States Census, 1860"
- Addie Imel, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Adeline Sack Imel, "Find A Grave Index"
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1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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
German, Flemish, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name, either for a maker of sacks or bags, or for someone who carried sacks, from Middle High German sack, Middle Dutch sack, sac ‘sack’.
German: nickname for a plump person, from Middle High German sac ‘bag, belly’.
German: topographic name from Middle High German sack ‘sack, end of a valley or area of cultivation’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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