Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Bingham Sr was born on 19 July 1824, in Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Erastus Bingham Sr, was 26 and his mother, Lucinda Gates, was 26. He married Caron Huppuch Holladay on 6 September 1849, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1851 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1846. In 1870, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as farmer in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. He died on 31 December 1889, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Vernal Memorial Park, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Bingham, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Bingham, "United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923"
- Thomas Bingham, "BillionGraves Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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