Brief Life History of Wilford Woodruff
When Wilford Woodruff Brandon was born in 1839, in Henry, Tennessee, United States, his father, George Washington Brandon, was 30 and his mother, Keziah Fowler, was 24. He married Margaret Wilcox on 5 October 1858, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. He registered for military service in 1865. He died on 24 February 1900, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Woodrow Branden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Wilford Woodruff Brandon - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Wood W. Brandon
- Wilford Brandon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Brandon, in Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Warwickshire, and elsewhere. Most are named with Old English brōm ‘broom, gorse’ + dūn ‘hill’. One in Lincolnshire, however, may be named after the Brant River, on which it stands; Ekwall derives the river name from Old English brant ‘steep’, presumably with reference to its steep banks. This surname was known in Ireland early enough to have a Gaelicized form de Breandún.
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Breandáin ‘son of Breandán’, a rare Kerry surname from the Latinized form of the name of the local saint, Brendan (Brendanus from Bréanainn).
French: from the Old French oblique case of the personal name Brando, of ancient Germanic origin (see Brand 1).
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BIOGRAPHY OF WILFORD WOODRUFF BRANDON
Wilford Woodruff Brandon was born on 16 July 1838 in Henry, Tennessee, to George Washington and Keziah Fowler Brandon. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 Janua …
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