Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Stevens was born on 27 May 1870, in Holden, Millard, Utah, United States, her father, Walter Stevens, was 40 and her mother, Abigail Elizabeth Holman, was 33. She married Brigham Young Jr. on 1 October 1887, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 6 December 1954, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Abbie Stevens Young, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Abilgail Stevens Young, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Abbie Stevens in entry for Waslter Stevens Young, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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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.
1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY ABBIE STEVENS YOUNG
AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY ABBIE STEVENS YOUNG Daughter of Walter Stevens Taken from the Stevens Stimulator May 20, 1960 This is the first installment of a most interesting biography. It will …
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