Sarah Marble

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Marble was born on 25 March 1847, in Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Joseph Russell Marble, was 40 and her mother, Phebe Almy, was 31. She married Joel Herbert Shedd on 29 June 1905. She lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1870. She died on 3 March 1928, in North Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Herbert Shedd
1834–1915
Sarah Marble
1847–1928
Marriage: 29 June 1905

Sources (13)

  • Sarah Marble, "Rhode Island State Census, 1885"
  • Sarah Marble Shedd, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
  • Sarah Marbler in entry for Joel Herbert Shedd, "Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945"

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World Events (8)

1862 · US Naval Academy

The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname from Middle English marbel ‘marble’ (Old French marble, marbre), perhaps used of a marble-worker. This surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

variant of Marple . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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