When Richard Francis Mainwaring was born on 20 October 1854, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, Richard Mainwaring, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Ann Palmer, was 29. He married Catherine Ann Watson on 25 December 1877, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 2, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 9 June 1939, in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Mesnil-Varin in Saint-Paër (Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie). The placename means ‘domain of Warin’ (see Waring ). Compare Manwaring and Mandry .
Irish: adopted for Ó Manaráin, see Mannering 2.
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