Brief Life History of Henry Byram
When Henry Byram Beckstead Jr was born on 28 June 1850, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Beckstead, was 22 and his mother, Lucene Bird Bybee, was 19. He married Catherine Mariah Egbert on 1 March 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Herriman, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He died on 17 March 1930, in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Byrum Beckstead, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Henry Byron Beckstead, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Henry B in entry for Maurice S Beckstead, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1851
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1852: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Cedar, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, 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
Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF CATHERINE MARIAH EGBERT BECKSTEAD
Catherine Mariah Egbert was born 27 September 1850 in West Jordan Salt Lake, Utah Territory to Samuel and Margaret Mariah Beckstead Egbert. She was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- …
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