Brief Life History of Sarah Francis
When Sarah Francis Ball was born in 1855, in Missouri, United States, her father, Jacob Ball, was 33 and her mother, Rebecca A Nelson, was 27. She married Joseph Samuel Sloan on 5 December 1876, in Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Lincoln Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 February 1948, in Kahoka, Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Kahoka Cemetery, Kahoka, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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- Sarah F Sloan in household of Joseph L Sloan, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sadia F. Ball, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Sara Frances Ball Sloan, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English bal, ball(e) ‘ball, sphere, globe, round body’ (Old French balle or Old English beall(a)), a nickname for a short, obese person.
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a knoll or rounded hill, from the same Middle English word, bal(le) as in 1 above, but applied topographically.
English: from a Middle English adjective ball (weak form balle) in the sense ‘bald’, from ball ‘white streak, bald place’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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