Leonard Ellsworth Harrington

Brief Life History of Leonard Ellsworth

When Leonard Ellsworth Harrington was born on 27 January 1816, in New Lisbon, New Lisbon, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Spencer Harrington, was 23 and his mother, Polly Evans, was 21. He married Lois Russell on 3 February 1840, in Newstead, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. In 1850, his occupation is listed as first mayor, postmaster, and bishop of american fork in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. He died on 21 June 1883, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Ellsworth Harrington
1816–1883
Lois Russell
1823–1902
Marriage: 3 February 1840
Delos Junius Harrington
1842–1843
Theodore Spencer Harrington
1844–1922
Sarah Elizabeth Harrington
1848–1917
Mary Ellen Harrington
1851–1854
Lois Elma Harrington
1853–1854
Leonard Ellsworth Harrington Jr
1855–1868
Jane Jennie Harrington
1858–1916
Olive Russell Harrington
1861–1893
David Daniel Harrington
1863–1881

Sources (64)

  • L E Harrington, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Leonard E. Harrington, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
  • Leonard E Harrington, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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