Sarah E. Linford
1858–1931 (Age 72)
Illinois, United States
The Life of Sarah E.
When Sarah E. Linford was born in May 1858, in Illinois, United States, her father, Robert Linford, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Mcmillan, was 35. She married Daniel Gooseman on 24 October 1876. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Wabash Township, Clark, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died in 1931, at the age of 73.
Photos & Memories (2)
Family Time Line
Sarah E. Linford
1858–1931
Daniel Gooseman
1852–1934
Marriage: 24 October 1876
Emma Gooseman
1875–1952
Spouse & Children
1858–1931Female
1852–1934Male
MARRIAGE
24 October 1876
Clark, IL
24 October 1876
Clark, IL
children
(1)
1875–1952Female
Parents & Siblings
1825–1896Male
1823–1896Female
siblings
(5)
1844–Female
1851–Female
1853–1933Male
1858–1931Female
1861–Male
World Events (8)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Age 3
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 5
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 23
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: habitational name from Great and Little Linford in Buckinghamshire or Lynford in Norfolk. The former may have Old English hlyn ‘maple’ as its first element; the latter is more likely to contain līn ‘flax’. The second element in each case is Old English ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Sarah E Linford in household of Robert Linford, "United States Census, 1860"
Sarah Gooseman in household of Daniel Gooseman, "United States Census, 1880"
Sarah Sinford, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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