Mary Florence Bratton

Brief Life History of Mary Florence

When Mary Florence Bratton was born on 23 February 1852, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, George Washington Bratton, was 37 and her mother, Mary Palmer Graves, was 33. She married Landon Rich on 10 October 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870 and Richville, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 27 June 1907, in Grace, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Grace Cemetery, Caribou, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Landon Rich
1840–1908
Mary Florence Bratton
1852–1907
Marriage: 10 October 1872
Phebe Landon Rich
1873–1952
Mary Florence Rich
1875–1954
Landon Lorenzo Rich
1877–1930
Charles Colson Bratton Rich
1879–1921
Favorette Bratton Rich
1882–1959
George Rich
1885–1951
Rodney Rich
1889–1939
Cyril Adelbert Rich
1892–1945

Sources (25)

  • Florence Porter in household of John S Porter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Mary Florence Bratton Rich, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mary Florence Bratton Rich in entry for Mrs Phoebe Rich Spackman, "Wyoming, Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015"

World Events (8)

1860

Historical Boundaries: 1860: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Morgan, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Morgan, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the places called Bratten (in Shropshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) or from Bratton Clovelly or Bratton Fleming in Devon. The Shropshire and Somerset places are named with Old English brōc ‘brook’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The Wiltshire and Devon names are from Old English brǣc ‘newly cultivated ground’ + tūn.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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