Brief Life History of Elijah Arnold
When Elijah Arnold Box was born on 4 January 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, William Box, was 39 and his mother, Olivia Arnold, was 38. He married Roxcy Armantha Snow on 17 November 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1850 and Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 31 October 1915, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- E.A. Box, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elijah A Box, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Elijah Box, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from various major and minor places called Box, including parishes named Box in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, Box Farm in Awre (Gloucestershire), Boxfield Farm in Hertfordshire (recorded as Boxe from 1086 to 1428), and Box Hill in Dorking, Surrey, all named with Old English, Middle English box ‘box-tree’. The surname may sometimes also be purely topographic, where the reference is solely to residence by a box-tree, not to a farm or hamlet so named.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Box and Olivia Arnold
William Box married Olivia Arnold 4 May 1870 in the Endowment House. Their son Elijah Box (born 1844 in Nauvoo) married Roxey A. Snow, daughter of President Lorenzo Snow and Charlotte Squires. W …
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