Brief Life History of William Myron
When William Myron Bemus was born on 17 January 1834, in Lewistown, Fulton, Illinois, United States, his father, Lynus E Bemus, was 28 and his mother, Martha Amelia Jewell, was 25. He married Harriet Hambleton on 1 August 1888, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. He lived in Lewistown Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 18 May 1900, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Losee in household of Martha Losee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Birth date and place , names of parents death date and where buried Utah Cemetery Inventory
- William Myron Bemus, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
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Irish and English: variant of Beamish .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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