Brief Life History of John Daniel Madeira
When Dr John Daniel Madeira Crockwell was born on 8 June 1820, in Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, United States, his father, Dr Thomas James Crockwell, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Madeira, was 28. He married Dorcus Ann Logan in March 1851, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1860. He died on 17 February 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Crockwell, "United States Census, 1870"
- J. D. M. Crockwell, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Jno D M Crockwell, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
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:
habitational name from Crockernwell in Cheriton Bishop, Devon. The placename derives from Old English crocc ‘pot, vessel’ + ærn ‘house, building’ + wella ‘spring, stream, well’.
habitational name from Crockwell in Bicester (Oxfordshire). This placename derives from Old English crocc ‘pot, vessel’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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