Sarah E Adair
1854–1859 (Age 5)
Adams, Illinois, United States
The Life of Sarah E
When Sarah E Adair was born in 1854, in Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Willis Merrill Adair, was 42 and her mother, Margarette Jane Hester, was 25. She died in 1859, in Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States, at the age of 5.
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Family Time Line
Willis Merrill Adair
1812–1868
Margarette Jane Hester
1829–1917
Sarah E Adair
1854–1859
Margaret Emma Adair
1858–1884
Henry L. Adair
1855–1927
Joel Darrah Adair
1861–1945
Amanda Evelyn Adair
1866–1948
Parents & Siblings
1812–1868Male
1829–1917Female
siblings
(5)
1854–1859Female
1855–1927Male
- Margaret Emma Adair
1858–1884Female
1861–1945Male
- Amanda Evelyn Adair
1866–1948Female
World Events (2)
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
Age 2
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1858 · A House Divided
Age 4
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: from the Scottish personal name Adair, also spelled EdÊ’ear, a form of Edgar .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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