When Eleanor Houtz was born on 14 August 1832, in Selinsgrove, Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Christian Houtz, was 27 and her mother, Susannah Pawling, was 21. She married Lorenzo Snow on 1 June 1848, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 September 1896, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, 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.
Americanized form of German Hautz .
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