When Mary Margaret Wheeler was born on April 3, 1834, in McLeansboro, Illinois, her father, John, was 34, and her mother, Martha, was 25. She married Squire Mott in Carbon, Utah. They had five children in 13 years. She died in 1902 in Lake City, California, at the age of 68, and was buried in Modoc, California.
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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.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Carson, Utah Territory, United States
English: occupational name for a wheelwright, a maker of wheels (primarily for carts and other vehicles, but also other kinds of wheels, for use in spinning or other manufacturing processes), from Middle English wheler, whegheler, a derivative of Old English hweogol, hweowol, hwēol ‘wheel’.
History: A founder of Salisbury, NH, in 1634 was John Wheeler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesMary Margaret Wheeler was born on 5 April 1834 in McLeansboro, Hamilton, Illinois to John and Margaret Martha Willis. She was the fourth of ten children, three girls and seven boys. Her father John …
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