Brief Life History of Eleanor
When Eleanor Snodgrass was born on 20 March 1822, in Cooper, Missouri, United States, her father, James Snodgrass, was 33 and her mother, Lucinda Lucy Harris, was 36. She married Houston Huff on 5 January 1854, in Cooper, Missouri, United States. She lived in South Moniteau Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States in 1860. She died in 1904, at the age of 82, and was buried in Harris Cemetery, Prairie Home Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States.
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- Elen Huff in household of Huston Huff, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen Snodgrass, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"
- Eleanor Snodgrass Huff, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire): habitational name from the lands of Snodgrasse in Irvine (Ayrshire), whose name is unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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