Sarah Ann VERRILL

Born

9 February 1838 , Poland, Maine, USA

Died

20 June 1916 , Pownal, Maine, USA

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William VERRILL Lydia TRIPP

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Born: 9 February 1838 in Poland, Maine, USA

Father: William VERRILL

Mother: Lydia TRIPP

Paternal grandparents: Jeremiah VERRILL , Lydia TRIPP

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Sarah Ann married James William FIELD 16 March 1856 in Portland, Maine, USA . The couple had (at least) 5 children.
James William FIELD was born abt. 1835 in Maine, USA. James William died abt. 1872 in Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills).

Sarah Ann VERRILL died 20 June 1916 in Pownal, Maine, USA.

NOTE: Sarah Verrill Field was the aunt of Jessie Cobb, the murdered woman in the story above.

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Sarah Ann VERRILL married

James William FIELD
Marriage date: 16 March 1856
Marriage place: Portland, Maine, USA
Source: ancestry.com

Marriage notes:

Name: Sarah A Verrill

Gender: Female

Spouse: James W Field

Spouse Gender: Male

Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1856

Marriage Place: Portland

Registration Place: Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Ancestry.com. Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1937 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

Original data: Maine Marriage Records, 1705-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.

Children of James William FIELD and Sarah Ann VERRILL

Elias Herbert FIELD

Born: January 1857, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 25 June 1934, New Gloucester, Maine, USA

Married: Etta Blanche MOREY 1885 Place: , Maine, USA

Edward F FIELD

Born: abt. 1859, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: ,

Alice G FIELD

Born: 26 May 1863, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 23 October 1953, Raymond, Maine, USA

Married: Emmons T VERRILL 27 November 1882 Place: Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot)

Ulysses Grant FIELD

Born: January 1867, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: 14 November 1940, Pownal, Maine, USA

Schuyler C FIELD

Born: abt. 1869, Poland, Maine, USA
Died: ,

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Birth — 1838
9 February 1838
Poland, Maine, USA

1839 - February 24 - Steam shovel patented by William Smith Otis (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1840 to 1860s - French-Canadian emigration to the United States

From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.

1841 - William Henry Harrison becomes President of the United States

1841 - John Tyler becomes President of the United States

1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)

Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)

1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)

The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)

1845 - James Knox Polk becomes President of the United States

1849 - The safety pin is invented (Walter Hunt, United States)

1849 - Zachary Taylor becomes President of the United States

1850 New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Sarah A Varrill
event: Census
event date: 1850
event place: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine, United States
gender: Female
age: 11
marital status:
race (original):
race (expanded):
birthplace: Maine
estimated birth year: 1839
dwelling house number: 103
family number: 110
line number: 34
nara publication number: M432
nara roll number: 250
film number: 9720
digital folder number: 004193968
image number: 00323
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Wm Varrill M 45 Maine
Lydia Varrill F 40 Maine
Henry Varrill M 20 Maine
Sarah A Varrill F 11 Maine
Lydia J Varrill F 13 Maine
Harriet Varrill F 9 Maine
Abraham Varrill M 8 Maine
Joseph Varrill M 1 Maine
1850 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1850 - Millard Fillmore becomes President of the United States

1853 - Franklin Pierce becomes President of the United States

1856 Marriage / Partner
Sarah Ann VERRILL and James William FIELD 16 March 1856, Portland, Maine, USA (Deering)

She was 18 years old.

1857 - Toilet paper is invented (Joseph Gayetty, United States)

1857 Birth of Child
Elias Herbert FIELD was born January 1857, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Sarah Ann was 18 years old.

1857 - James Buchanan becomes President of the United States

1857 - March 6 – Dred Scott v. Sandford: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Blacks are not citizens and slaves can not sue for freedom, driving the country further towards the American Civil War.

1858 - March 30 - H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, patented the first pencil with eraser

1861 - February 8 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America are formed, comprising the first six break-away states.

1861 - Abraham Lincoln becomes President of the United States

1863 - January 1 - President Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves.

1863 Birth of Child
Alice G FIELD was born 26 May 1863, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Sarah Ann was 25 years old.

1863 - October 3 – President Lincoln proclaims a national Thanksgiving day to be celebrated the final Thursday in November in the United States

1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

1864 - Pasteurization is invented (Louis Pasteur, France)

April 14, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln was mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth at in Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. He died the next day. Andrew Johnson becomes President of the United States.

1867 Birth of Child
Ulysses Grant FIELD was born January 1867, Poland, Maine, USA (Poland Spring) (East Poland) (Hackett Mills)

Sarah Ann was 28 years old.

1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)

Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.

1869 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes President of the United States

1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1880 - New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
name: Sarah A. Fields
residence: New Gloucester, Cumberland, Maine
birthdate: 1840
birthplace: Maine, United States
relationship to head: Self
spouse's name:
spouse's birthplace:
father's name:
father's birthplace: Maine, United States
mother's name:
mother's birthplace: Maine, United States
race or color (expanded): White
ethnicity (standardized): American
gender: Female
martial status: Widowed
age (expanded): 40 years
occupation: Keeping House
nara film number: T9-0478
page: 405
page character: B
entry number: 454
film number: 1254478
Household Gender Age Birthplace
self Sarah A. Fields F 40 Maine, United States
son Elias H. Fields M 22 Maine, United States
dau Alice G. Fields F 17 Maine, United States
son Ulysses G. Fields M 14 Maine, United States
son Schuyler C. Fields M 11 Maine, United States

1880 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1882 Marriage of Child
Alice G FIELD married 27 November 1882, Minot, Maine, USA (West Minot) to Emmons T VERRILL

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

Death
Name: Sarah A Field
[Sarah A Verrill]
Gender: Female
Age: 78
Birth Date: 9 Feb 1838
Death Date: 20 Jun 1916
Death Place: Pownal
Registration Place: Pownal, Cumberland
Spouse: William
Father: William
[Willian]
Mother: Lydia

Ancestry.com. Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original data: Maine Death Records, 1617-1922. Augusta, Maine: Maine State Archives.
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