Brief Life History of Harriet Elizabeth
When Harriet Elizabeth Betts was born on 17 October 1843, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States, her father, John W Betts, was 25 and her mother, Harriet Smith, was 21. She married Horace Spencer Clark on 23 April 1864, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mattoon Township, Coles, Illinois, United States for about 30 years and Illinois, United States in 1921. She died on 12 November 1921, in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon Township, Coles, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (23)
- Harriet E Clark in household of H W Clark, "United States Census, 1920"
- Harriett Elizabeth Clarke, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Harriet E. Betts, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Bett , with excrescent -s, a patronymic or metronymic from the medieval personal name Bett, a short form of Bartholomew, Beatrice, or Elizabeth.
Americanized form of German Betz .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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