Brief Life History of Olonzo David
When Olonzo David Merrill was born on 13 December 1867, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Marriner Wood Merrill, was 35 and his mother, Cyrene Standley, was 27. He married Martha Luacine Whittle on 13 December 1888, in Logan Utah Temple, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 4 February 1939, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Alonzo Merrill in household of Cyrena Merrill, "United States Census, 1870"
- Olonzo D Merrill, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Olonzo David Merrill, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed
Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Welsh and English: from a female personal name of Celtic origin, found in Welsh as Meriel and Meryl and in Irish as Muirgheal, earlier Muirgel (‘sea-bright’).
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places whose names derive from Middle English mirie, merie, murie ‘merry, pleasant’ (Old English myrge) + hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll), including two places called Merry Hill in Staffordshire and a third in Hertfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Olonzo David Merrill -- Notes about his Samoan Mission in Tonga
In 1891 President William R. Lee of the Samoan Mission sent Elders Brigham Smoot and Alva Butler to open a mission in Muku’alofa, Tonga Branch. They arrived on July 15, 1891. They met with King Siao …
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