Brief Life History of Martha Lydia
When Martha Lydia Babbitt was born on 7 April 1832, in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Lorin Whiting Babbitt, was 25 and her mother, Almira Castle, was 22. She married John Snider Jr. on 22 February 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 27 April 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Martha Babbitt in household of Mary Babbitt, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha A. Babbitt, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Martha Babbitt Snider, "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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Suffolk and Somerset): variant of Bobbitt . This surname is now extinct in Britain.
History: The founder of the American Babbitt family was Edward Bobet, who came to Plymouth Colony in 1643.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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