When William Riley Holden was born on 22 September 1826, in Waynesboro, Wayne, Tennessee, United States, his father, Joshua Holden, was 26 and his mother, Mary Talley, was 24. He married Elizabeth Gustin on 17 October 1846, in Davis, Iowa, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Nez Perce, Idaho, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1850. He died on 22 July 1907, in Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Latah, Idaho, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
On October 9, 1848, an arsonists fire claimed everything but the outer walls of the Nauvoo Temple since the structure was made out of limestone and wood. It was meant to discourage the Saints that had fled to never come back.
English: habitational name from one or more of various places so named, especially Holden in Haslingden (Lancashire), but also Holden in Bolton and Holden in Silsden (both Yorkshire), Holedean Farm in Henfield and Holden in Rotherfield (both Sussex), Holding Farm in Cheriton and Woolding Farm in Whitchurch (Hampshire), and Holden in Southborough (Kent). Most of the placenames derive from Old English hol ‘hollow’ + denu ‘valley’, though Holden in Rotherfield (Sussex) and Holden in Southborough (Kent) may have Old English denn ‘pasture’ as the final element. Compare Holcomb .
Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms, most of them derived from Old Norse hǫll ‘slope, hillside’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJoshua Holden and Mary Talley Posted 01 Jun 2007 by Jcmasmith Pope and Massac Counties lie at the extreme southern tip of Illinois, just across the Ohio River from Kentucky. If family traditions are …
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