When Sarah Kilgore was born on 25 April 1826, in Indiana, United States, her father, Simpson Kilgore, was 28 and her mother, Christiana Gross, was 28. She married Tyre Kinser about 1843, in Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Platte Township, Union, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. She died on 8 September 1901, in Union, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery, Kent, Union, Iowa, United States.
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Irish (Tyrone and Derry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Gheáirr ‘son of the short lad’, from the adjective geárr ‘short’. In Scotland there has been some confusion with Kilgour .
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