Brief Life History of Samuel Smith
When Samuel Smith Young was born on 24 February 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Adolphia Young, was 27 and his mother, Rhoda Byrne Jared, was 23. He died on 8 July 1852, in Elm Creek, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 8, and was buried in Elm Creek, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States.
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- Samuel Young in household of Adolphia Young, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samuel Smith Young, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Smith Young, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong), used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar, notably German Jung , Dutch Jong and De Jong , and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse .
Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Ljungby.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Traveling to Salt Lake
Young, Anna Ross, [Autobiography], in Eleanor McAllister Hall,comp., The Book of Jared [1963], 53. Trail Excerpt http://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/trailExcerptMulti?lang=eng&companyId=14&sourceI …
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