Brief Life History of Harriet Josephine
When Harriet Josephine Leach was born on 13 June 1824, in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, United States, her father, William Britton Leach, was 44 and her mother, Susannah Stevens, was 34. She married Ezra Jacob Wycoff Barnard on 15 April 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Waterville, Lamoille, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 24 April 1868, in Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Josephine Barnard in household of Ezra Barnard, "United States Census, 1860"
- Harriet Josephine Leach in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Harriet Jospehine Barnard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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: occupational name for a physician, from Middle English leche, lache ‘physician’ (Old English lǣce ‘leech; physician, blood-letter, surgeon’). The name refers to the medieval medical practice of bleeding, typically by applying leeches to a patient. The surname is recorded in the late 14th-century Poll Tax Returns for men whose occupation is stated as medicus ‘physician’, or occasionally spicer (spicers acted as apothecaries), but some men named le Leche have unrelated occupations including cultor ‘cultivator, farm laborer’, which suggests that leche could refer to an amateur ‘medicine man’ who supplied folk remedies.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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