Brief Life History of Esther
When Esther Staton was born on 7 January 1842, in Perry, Illinois, United States, her father, William Staton, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Lipe, was 22. She married David Lawrence Benson on 14 July 1861, in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Mountain Grove, Wright, Missouri, United States in 1880. She died on 22 July 1899, in Licking, Shannon, Missouri, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Licking Cemetery, Licking, Shannon, Missouri, United States.
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- Hesther Staton in household of William Staton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Easter Staton, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Esther Staton Benson, "Find a Grave Index"
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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.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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