When Hiram Lee Griggs was born on 12 July 1833, in Kentucky, United States, his father, John Griggs, was 38 and his mother, Rebecca Michael, was 28. He married Nancy Minerva Bennett on 10 November 1859, in Logan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Liverpool, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 3 November 1891, at the age of 58, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Canton, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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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.
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.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Grig, a pet form of Gregory (compare Gregg ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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