S. Workman

1859–
Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

The Life Summary of S.

When S. Workman was born in 1859, in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, her father, Stephen Barney Workman Jr., was 34 and her mother, Diannah Bilyeu, was 36. She lived in Sangamon, Illinois, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Barney Workman Jr.
1825–1864
Diannah Bilyeu
1823–1881
Effadilla Workman
1848–1897
James Barney Workman
1850–1927
Minerva Workman
1852–1926
Diana Esther Workman
1854–1934
S. Workman
1859–

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World Events (8)

1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 2
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
Age 4
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 31
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.

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

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  • S Workman in household of S B Workman, "United States Census, 1860"

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