Brief Life History of Martha Eliza
When Martha Eliza Bennett was born on 24 January 1850, in Springville, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Hiram Bell Bennett, was 26 and her mother, Martha E Smith, was 32. She married Silas Sanford Smith on 19 July 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Layton, Davis, Utah, United States in 1910 and Roosevelt, Duchesne, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 6 May 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- M E Smith in household of S S Smith, "Colorado State Census, 1885"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Iron, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Iron, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.
German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .
Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Bennett, Hiram Bell 1823-1912
HIRAM BELL BENNETT 1823-1912 by daughter Clara Marinda Bennett Sorenson Hiram Bell Bennett was born on 1 March 1823 at Nashville, Sumner, Tennessee . His parents were William J. Bennett and Eliz …
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