Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Kasenberg was born on 18 December 1832, in Ennest, Attendorn, Olpe, Westphalia, Prussia, Germany, his father, Franciscus Keseburg, was 40 and his mother, Elisabetha Gabriel, was 37. He married Harriet Jane Park on 10 August 1857, in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Preemption Township, Mercer, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 22 August 1898, in Mount Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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- Joseph Cassenberg, "United States Census, 1860"
- Joseph Kasenberg, "Find A Grave Index"
- Kasenburg in entry for Estaline Laughlin, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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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.
1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Kansas Territory, United States 1855: Marion, Kansas Territory, United States 1860: Kansas Territory, United States 1860: Peketon, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Peketon, Kansas, United States 1865: Marion, Kansas, United States 1867: Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
form of the biblical Hebrew name Yosef, meaning ‘(God) shall add (another son)’. This was borne by the favourite son of Jacob, whose brothers became jealous of him and sold him into slavery (Genesis 37). He was taken to Egypt, where he rose to become chief steward to Pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled to his brothers when they came to buy corn during a seven-year famine (Genesis 43–7). In the New Testament Joseph is the name of the husband of the Virgin Mary. It is also borne by a rich Jew, Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57; Mark 15:43; Luke 23:50; John 19:38), who took Jesus down from the Cross, wrapped him in a shroud, and buried him in a rock tomb. According to medieval legend, Joseph of Arimathea brought the Holy Grail to Britain. The name was uncommon in Britain in the Middle Ages but was revived in the mid 16th century and had become popular by the 1630s, remaining so ever since.
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