Brief Life History of Melvina Charlotte
When Melvina Charlotte Rawlins was born on 9 February 1837, in Quincy Township, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, James Rawlins, was 43 and her mother, Jane Sharp, was 42. She married Jasper Lemmon on 17 February 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and Millville, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 23 June 1921, in Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mendon City Cemetery, Mendon, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Charlotte Lemmon in household of Jasper Lemmon, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Melvina Charlotte Rawlins - birth-name: Melvina Charlotte Rawlins
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: 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
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: variant of Rawlings .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Melvina Rawlins Lemmon
The History of Melvina Rawlins Lemmon by Washington Arthur Lemmon Melvina Rawlins Lemon was born February 9, 1837 at Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. She was the daughter of James R. Rawlins and Jane …
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