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Who was Samuel S Sackett?

31 March 2019 Chris Sackett 1 Comment

Association member Myra Roper recently found a record in Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania for the hitherto unknown…

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Posted in: Brick Walls & Other Mysteries, Genealogy & Research

Who was Benjamin Franklin Sackett?

1 March 2019 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Over Christmas 1900 and into January 1901, newspaper readers in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and several States beyond were agog at…

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Posted in: Brick Walls & Other Mysteries, Genealogy & Research

Frederic Moseley Sackett, US Ambassador to Germany

19 December 2018 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Frederic Moseley Sackett (1868–1941) was the US Ambassador to Germany in the critical early 1930s when Hitler and the Nazi…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

Richard Price is elected Sackett Family Association president

28 May 2018 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

The Sackett Family Association committee has elected Richard Price as its president to serve for 2018-19, succeeding Ted Smith.Richard, who…

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Posted in: Association, Members

Carl Leroy Sackett, frontiersman and US district attorney

12 May 2018 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Carl Leroy Sackett (1876–1972), frontiersman and US district attorney, was born in Nebraska but lived all his life from early…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

Thomas Baker Sackett, convicted highway robber

2 March 2018 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

On 13 September 1827, at London’s central criminal court, the Old Bailey, Thomas Baker Sackett was found guilty of assaulting…

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Posted in: Brief Lives

Augustine Sackett, inventor of drywall

1 March 2018 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Augustine Sackett (1841–1914), born in Connecticut and later of New York City, son of Homer and Flora (Skiff) Sackett, was…

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Posted in: Brief Lives, Military

Arthur LaVerne Sackett dies

27 August 2017 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Arthur LaVerne Sackett has died aged 85 in Omaha, Nebraska, on 4 August 2017.Arthur was born in Omaha and lived…

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Posted in: Brief Lives, Obituaries

Augustine Sackett is inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame

25 May 2017 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Augustine Sackett (1841–1914) was the inventor of drywall, which he patented in 1894 as Sackett Board. It is used today…

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Posted in: News

Daniel Floyd Sackett dies

5 December 2016 Chris Sackett Leave a comment

Daniel Floyd Sackett, one of the group of Sackett researchers who “met” through the original Rootsweb surname list, shortly leading…

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Posted in: Obituaries

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