Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Knight was born on 19 September 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, John R. Knight II, was 29 and her mother, Mary Amelia Watson, was 24. She married John Allen Allred on 28 April 1856, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 July 1910, in Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Nite in household of John Nite, "United States Census, 1850"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 - Ancestry.com for Mary Jane Knight and John Allen Allred
- Mary Jane Allred, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.
Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Allen Allred and Mary Jane Knight
JOHN ALLEN ALLRED and MARY JANE KNIGHT John Allen Allred was born August 29, 1834 in Monroe County, Missouri, to Isaac Allred and Julia Ann Taylor. His family was already caught up in the persecution …
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