When Nancy Ann Frost was born on 22 April 1840, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Buchanan Frost, was 30 and her mother, Rebecca Foreman, was 19. She married Abraham Acord on 24 March 1856, in Sidney Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1920. She died on 14 November 1921, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
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