Brief Life History of Orson Welcome
When Orson Welcome Huntsman was born on 31 March 1849, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, James William Huntsman, was 42 and his mother, Hannah Ralston Davis, was 33. He married Mary Ann Terry on 29 December 1867, in Hebron, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States for about 16 years. He died on 16 November 1931, in Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Winsor Memorial Cemetery, Enterprise, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Orson Welcome Huntsman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Orson Welcome HUNTSMAN - Individual or family possessions: Journal or diary: birth: 31 March 1849; Pottawatomie, Iowa, United States
- Family Data Collection - Marriage - Orson Welcome Huntsman
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): occupational name either for a hunter or a servant of a hunter, from a compound of Middle English hunte ‘the act of hunting’ (or Old English hunta ‘huntsman’) + man. In some cases the name may also arise from a late, unrecorded Old English personal name Huntmann, a compound of hunta + -mann.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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