Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Claywell was born on 4 January 1835, in Scott, Illinois, United States, his father, Job Claywell, was 50 and his mother, Elizabeth J Cox, was 22. He married Sarah A Barker on 9 August 1855, in Scott, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Winchester, Scott, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 20 November 1867, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 32.
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- Howard Claywell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Alfred Claywell, "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935"
- Alfred Claywell in entry for Joseph E Claywell and Permelia Burns, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Claywell in Dorset or Claywell Farmin Oxfordshire, named from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ +wella ‘stream, spring’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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