Brief Life History of William Ephraim
When William Ephraim Beazer was born on 18 February 1879, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, William Henry Beazer, was 22 and his mother, Catherine Ellen Walker, was 20. He married Emma Adelaide Cook on 14 February 1900, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Syracuse Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 7 April 1952, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Syracuse Memorial Park, Syracuse, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- William E Beazer, "United States 1950 Census"
- William E Beazer, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
- Wm Ephriam Beazer, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Wiltshire): of Norman origin, probably a variant of Belcher , in which the diphthong in Middle English Beucher or Beusire has been simplified to produce Be(a)ser.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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