Sarah Todd

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Todd was born on 16 December 1820, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Berry Todd, was 31 and her mother, Elizabeth Betsy Owens, was 31. She married Nicholas Eastin on 22 September 1838, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Vermont, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Eldorado Township, McDonough, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 5 December 1901, in Bardolph, McDonough, Illinois, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bardolph Cemetery, Bardolph, McDonough, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nicholas Eastin
1818–1907
Sarah Todd
1820–1901
Marriage: 22 September 1838
William Richard Eastin
1839–1916
Elizabeth Frances Eastin
1842–1919
Mary Easton
1844–1925
James F. Eastin
1846–1929
Martha Ellen Eastin
1849–1909
Christina Anna EASTIN
1852–1913
Amrette E EASTIN
1854–1922
Louisa J EASTIN
1857–1878
John M EASTIN
1859–1946
Clarabelle EASTIN
1861–1916
Charles Everett EASTIN
1862–1938
Carrie Melinda Eastin
1865–1923

Sources (16)

  • Sarah Easton in household of Nicholas Easton, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah Todd, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sarah Todd Eastin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1835

Historical Boundaries: 1835: Fulton, Illinois, United States

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (mainly northern) and Scottish: nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from northern Middle English tod(de) ‘fox’. Compare Todhunter , Todman . This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland, from Scotland in the 17th century.

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

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