Brief Life History of Israel
When Israel Leighton was born in 1814, in Rome, Kennebec, Maine, United States, his father, Moses Leighton, was 54 and his mother, Margaret Carll, was 49. He married Susan Owens on 5 May 1842, in Lyons, Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Wakeshma Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 May 1891, in Rolland Township, Isabella, Michigan, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in United States.
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- I Leighten, "United States Census, 1870"
- Israel Leighton, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Israel Leighton, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Leighton or Layton. Most, as for example those in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, and Shropshire, are named with Old English lēac ‘leek’ + tūn ‘settlement’, but Layton in Durham derives from Old English ge-lād ‘road’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The English pronunciation of Leighton is usually /lɛ:tən/ or /leitən/ (also spelled Layton and Leaton ), but it can also be heard as /laitən/ or as /li:tən/ (also spelled Leaton ), and occasionally as /lɛtən/ (spelled Letton ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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