Brief Life History of Elisha Henry
When Elisha Henry Boley was born on 10 December 1888, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Elisha Hildebrand Boley, was 33 and his mother, Maacah Mercer, was 30. He married Edna Maud Sharp on 26 June 1918, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1920 and World for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 24 January 1960, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elisha H Boley, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elisha Henry Boley - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Elisha Henry Boley
- Elisha H Boley, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
South German: patronymic from a personal name derived from Pelagius (from Greek Pelagios, a derivative of pelagos ‘sea’; compare Spanish Pelayo ). Saint Pelagius is the patron saint of the city of Constance (on Lake Constance).
English: variant of Bulley or Bowley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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