Brief Life History of Delilah
Delilah Markham Rigsby was born on 25 March 1839, in Overton, Tennessee, United States. She married Williams Washington Camp on 2 March 1857. She lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 20 February 1909, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Delilah W. Davis in household of Charles W. Davis, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Delilah Markham - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Delilah Workman Rigsby
- Delilah W. Davis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Markham Clinton or East Markham (Nottinghamshire). The placename derives from Old English mearc ‘mark, boundary’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Irish: English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach ‘horseman, rider’ (see Markey ). This was originally a Galway surname but is now found mainly in Clare, sometimes translated into English as Ryder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Charles Washington Davis Biography
Charles Washington Davis Charles Washington Davis was the fourth son and fifth child of Henry and Rachel Hunter Davis. He was born 29 March 1833, in Overton County, Tennessee. His parents heard the G …
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