Brief Life History of Joseph Benson
When Joseph Benson Elder was born on 7 March 1835, in Fountain, Indiana, United States, his father, James Elder, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Caldwell, was 30. He married Margaret Elizabeth Joiner on 7 March 1858, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Marion, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 5 August 1897, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Elder, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph B Elder, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Joseph B, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · The Massive Internal Improvements Act
The Massive Internal Improvements Act of 1836 loaned Indiana $10,000,000 to create infrastructure such as canals, railroads, and roads across the state. The act was signed by Whig Governor Noah Noble and passed by the Indiana General Assembly. However, the financial crisis known as the Panic of 1837 thwarted these plans as costs ballooned. Construction on the infrastructure was not completed and the state debt rapidly increased.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
Scottish: distinguishing nickname from Middle English and Older Scots elder ‘parent; older, senior person’, perhaps in some cases denoting the older of two bearers of the same personal name. It may have been used also to denote an elder of a church, a senior and respected member of the congregation. Compare Senior .
English: in southeastern England, this may be a variant of Helder .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Elter , which has the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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