Brief Life History of Rhoda Harriet
When Rhoda Harriet Foss was born on 19 April 1830, in Saco, York, Maine, United States, her father, Calvin Ira Foss, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Brackett Carter, was 29. She married Willard Richards on 30 November 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 19 November 1881, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Rhoda Richards, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rhoda C. Foss, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Rhoda Harriet Foss Richards, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: either topographic name from Middle English foss ‘ditch’ (from Old English foss ‘ditch’, Latin fossa) or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Voss in Plympton Saint Mary and Great Fossend in Burlescombe (both Devon), the River Foss (North Yorkshire), Foss Beck (East Yorkshire), and the Fosse Way, a Roman road running between Lincoln (Lincolnshire) and Axminster (Devon) via Leicester (Leicestershire), Cirencester (Gloucestershire), and Bath (Somerset), named in the Old English period from the ditch that ran alongside it.
Danish: from fos, vos ‘fox’, applied as a nickname for a sly or cunning person, or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a fox.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named from Old Norse fors ‘waterfall’, examples of which are found throughout Norway.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Rhoda Harriett Foss by Clara Richards
Rhoda Harriet Foss Richards (1830 – 1881) Written by granddaughter, Clara Richards My grandmother, Rhoda Harriet Foss Richards, was born in Saco, Maine, April 19, 1830, the second daughter of s …
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