Brief Life History of Diantha
When Diantha Farr was born on 12 October 1828, in Charleston, Orleans, Vermont, United States, her father, Winslow Farr Sr, was 34 and her mother, Olive Hovey Freeman, was 29. She married William Clayton on 9 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States in 1837 and Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1846. She died on 11 September 1850, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Diantha Clayton, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
- Diantha Clayton, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
- Diantha Farr in entry for Moroni Clayton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
The Anti-Slavery Society of Vermont was established in 1834. 100 people from different towns were at the first meeting, with the intent to abolish slavery.
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.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fear(r), farre (Old English fearr) ‘steer, ox’, applied as a nickname for a fierce man or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a bull.
German: nickname from Middle High German varne, var, with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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