Brief Life History of John Edward
When John Edward Southworth was born in 1851, in Wallingford, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Southworth, was 27 and his mother, Lucinda Sprague, was 21. He married Sarah M Sprague on 21 December 1899, in Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States. He lived in Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1900 and Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States in 1920. He died on 12 October 1939, in Unity, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Edward Southworth, "United States Census, 1900"
- John E. Southworth, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Edward Southworth, "New Hampshire Deaths and Burials, 1784-1949"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Southworth in Winwick (Lancashire), from Old English sūth ‘south, southern’ + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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