Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah McMurrin was born on 8 April 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Joseph McMurrin Jr, was 49 and her mother, Jeanette Irvine, was 17. She married Thomas Heddock Hilton on 4 December 1889, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Ogden City Legislative District 1, Ogden City Election Precinct, Weber, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 7 November 1947, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Hilton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Sarah Mcmurrin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
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
Irish: variant of McMorran .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of my Father--Thomas Heddock Hilton
History of My Father--Thomas Heddock Hilton by Lalovi McMurrin Hilton [NOTE: This history was found in a large collection of genealogical records left by Jannette Davis Boyce Bosworth (1908-1996). T …
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