When Isabella Norton was born on 22 August 1836, in Jamestown, Jackson Township, Boone, Indiana, United States, her father, David Norton Jr, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Benefiel, was 35. She married William Riley Judd on 17 March 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1837 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 22 December 1922, in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Grantsville City Cemetery, Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesANNA JANE REID JUDD 1840-1894 Anna Jane Reid Judd, plural wife of William Riley Judd, was born 4 November 1840 in Liverpool, Lancaster, England the sixth of eight children born to William R …
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