When Emma Amelia Bidwell was born on 11 March 1839, in Farmersville Station, Farmersville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, her father, Robert Williams Bidwell, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Roe, was 35. She married George Caldwell Mower on 18 March 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 June 1877, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.
English: habitational name from Bedwell (Essex, Hertfordshire), Bedlar's Green (Essex), Bidwell (Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Devon, Somerset), or Biddles Farm (Buckinghamshire), all of which were named as ‘the spring or stream in a shallow valley’ from Old English bydewelle (composed of the elements byde(n) ‘tub’ + well(a) ‘spring, stream’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesEmma Amelia Bidwell was born on 11 March 1839 in Farmersville Station, Cattaraugus, New York to Robert Williams and Elizabeth Ann Roe Bidwell. She was the fifth of nine children, six girls and three b …
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