When Alma Harding was born on 29 June 1835, in Keytesville Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States, his father, Dwight Harding, was 28 and his mother, Phebe Holbrook, was 25. He married Margaret Jones on 2 November 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 29 February 1884, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
In 1851, Brigham City is settled and named after Brigham Young.
English: from the Middle English personal name Harding (Old English Hearding, literally ‘the hard one’ a derivative of Old English heard ‘hard, harsh, strong, firm, brave’). The surname was first taken to Ireland in the 15th century, and more families of the name settled there 200 years later in Tipperary and surrounding counties.
North German and Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names beginning with hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’, or a habitational name from a farm named Harding, of the same etymology.
History: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), the 29th president of the US, was born on a farm in OH, of English and Scottish stock on his father's side. Early American bearers of this very common name include Joseph Harding who died at Plymouth in 1633. His great-great grandson Seth was a naval officer during the American Revolution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesGeorge Harding, son of Dwight and Phebe Holbrook Harding was born Decem¬ber 18, 1833, in the small town of Weathersfield, Senecca County, New York. His parents, Dwight Harding and Phebe Holbroo …
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