Brief Life History of Joseph Franklin
When Joseph Franklin Belliston was born on 25 February 1883, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Ephraim Belliston, was 24 and his mother, Ann Adelaide Read, was 24. He married Matilda Broadhead on 6 January 1909, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Lynndyl, Millard, Utah, United States in 1920 and Albion Election Precinct, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1940. He died on 24 January 1955, in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.
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- Joseph F. Belliston, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph Franklin Belliston, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Joseph Franklin Belliston, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Belliston in Fife.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Joseph Franklin Belliston - Recollections of Children
Joseph Franklin Belliston (1883-1955) Source: Belliston James Thomas Belliston and Louisa Miller, Their Forebears and Descendents (a family history complied by Lester H. Belliston, 1976 Written by: …
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