When Mary Ellen Rawlins was born on 1 May 1848, in Honey Creek, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Joseph Sharp Rawlins, was 25 and her mother, Mary Ellen Frost, was 21. She died on 4 November 1861, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 13.
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Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
English: variant of Rawlings .
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