Brief Life History of Sarah Malissa
When Sarah Malissa Murdock was born on 20 October 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Nymphas Coridon Murdock, was 41 and her mother, Esther Mariah Davies, was 36. She lived in Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 6 September 1882, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Melissa Murdock in household of Esther Davis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Malissa Murdock, "Find A Grave Index"
- Malissa Murdock, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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World Events (4)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: variant of Scottish Murdoch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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