Brief Life History of William Madison
When William Madison Wall Jr was born on 19 October 1847, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, William Madison Wall, was 26 and his mother, Nancy Haws, was 24. He married Martha Jane Mecham on 25 November 1869. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. He lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Mountain Dell, Uintah, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 26 February 1926, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Wall in household of Wm Wall, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Madison Wall Jr - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: William Madison Wall
- William Madson Wall, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).
Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel web site
The included web site references William Wall Jr having experienced the Mormon migration as part of the Warren Foote Company. He was 2 years old at departure. https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/p …
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