When Reuben Belnap was born on 14 June 1851, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Gilbert Belnap, was 29 and his mother, Adaline Knight, was 20. He married Lucien Vilate Hammon on 11 January 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Basalt, Bingham, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Malad, Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 23 October 1923, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hooper City Cemetery, Hooper, Weber, Utah, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
English: variant of Belknap .
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