Brief Life History of Martha Jane
When Martha Jane Brush was born on 3 March 1833, in Jackson, Missouri, United States, her father, William K. Nichols, was 25 and her mother, Phebe Brush, was 20. She married Augustus Harmanus Saunders on 7 January 1851, in Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. She lived in Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Putman Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 27 December 1891, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Bryant, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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- Martha Sanders in household of Augustus Sanders, "United States Census, 1860"
- Martha J Brush in the Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920
- Martha J Bush Saunders, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1862
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Fulton, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
English: metonymic occupational name for a brush maker, from Middle English brush ‘brush’ (Old French brosse ‘brushwood’).
Americanized form of German Brusch or Brüsch ‘heather, broom, brushwood’ (see Bruesch ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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