When Eliza Ann Grover was born on 13 March 1839, in Palmyra, Marion, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Grover, was 31 and her mother, Caroline Emma Whiting, was 29. She married William Alpheus Simmons on 9 May 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 March 1920, in Parker, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Parker Memorial Park, Parker, Fremont, Idaho, 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.
Some characteristic forenames: Indian Rakesh, Raj, Rajiv, Sanjay, Subhash, Vijay, Amrit, Atul, Harish, Naveen, Rashmi, Sunil.
North German: occupational name for a ditch or grave digger, from Middle Low German grove ‘hollow, grave’.
Americanized form of German and Swiss German Gruber .
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