Hyrum Smith Workman

Brief Life History of Hyrum Smith

When Hyrum Smith Workman was born on 12 July 1839, in Monroe, Overton, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Workman, was 49 and his mother, Lydia Bilyeu, was 45. He married Emily Rowland Herbert on 17 January 1864, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 9 September 1911, in Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wellington City Cemetery, Wellington, Carbon, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hyrum Smith Workman
1839–1911
Emily Rowland Herbert
1846–1894
Marriage: 17 January 1864
Emily Louisa Workman
1865–1938
Esther Sophronia Workman
1868–1944
Baby John Thomas Workman
1870–1871
Hyrum Herbert Workman
1872–1880
Lydia Musetta Workman
1874–1958
Mary Elizabeth Workman
1878–1880
Franklin Smith Workman
1880–1936
Robert James Workman
1882–1965
Eugene Workman
1885–1943
Martha Lois Workman
1889–1976

Sources (26)

  • Hiram Workman, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Hyrum Smith Workman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • H S Workman in entry for Lydia M Workman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

Name Meaning

English (Gloucestershire): ostensibly an occupational name for a laborer, from Middle English werkman ‘laborer, craftsman’, also ‘customary tenant’ (Old English weorcmann). A customary tenant was a person allowed to hold land in exchange for carrying out a certain service.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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