Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Cahoon was born on 7 August 1846, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, her father, Daniel Stiles Cahoon, was 24 and her mother, Jane Amanda Spencer, was 23. She married Robert Quorton Maxfield on 7 January 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 30 October 1931, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Sarah Maxfield in household of Cora A Halley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sarah C Maxfield, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Sarah Maxfield, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
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
Irish (Down and Antrim): variant (reflecting the traditional pronunciation) of Scottish Colquhoun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF SARAH CAHOON MAXFIELD
Sarah Cahoon was born 7 August 1846 at Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska to Daniel Stiles and Jane Amanda Spencer Cahoon. Her mother Jane Amanda married her father Daniel Sti …
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