Brief Life History of Joseph Smith
When Joseph Smith Presley was born in March 1839, in Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, William Hawkins Presley, was 28 and his mother, Eleanor Hepzibah Johnson, was 22. He lived in Page, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 16 July 1852, in Missouri, United States, at the age of 13, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Joseph Presley, "United States Census, 1850"
- Joseph Smith Presley, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Smith Presley, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Page, Iowa, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
Name Meaning
English: variant of Priestley with loss of -t- through assimilation into the preceding -s-.
Americanized form of German Pressler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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