Brief Life History of Joseph Frederick
When Joseph Frederick Featherstone was born on 26 June 1881, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Thomas Featherstone, was 46 and his mother, Martha Richards, was 36. He married Annie Marie Snow on 18 June 1902, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1910 and Utah, United States for about 26 years. He died on 16 January 1955, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- J F Featherstone, "United States 1950 Census"
- —————————— Birth Records for Children
- Joseph F. Featherstone, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1884 · Logan Temple Dedication
On May 17, 1884, the Logan temple was dedicated by John Taylor. It was the only temple dedicated by him and was the second temple in Utah. The temple went under a major reconstruction project in 1976 to increase the capacity of the rooms inside and was rededicated in 1979 by Spencer W. Kimball.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of the places in Staffordshire, Yorkshire, and Northumberland, which are so called from Old English fetherstān ‘tetralith’, a prehistoric structure consisting of three upright stones capped with a headstone (from Old English fe(o)ther- ‘four’ + stān ‘stone’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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