Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Jones was born on 20 May 1844, in Pennsville, Morgan, Ohio, United States, her father, Elisha Jones, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Ann Talbot, was 29. She married James Philander Knight on 8 August 1860, in Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Fairview, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 6 November 1886, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabeth Knight in household of James Knight, "United States Census, 1870"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Elizabeth Jones Knight, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Elizabeth Jones, 1844-1886, Payson Utah Cemetery,Transcription of headstone and possible explanation of reconstruction
In Memory of Elizabeth, wife of James P. Knight Born May 20, 1844 Died Nov. 6, 1886 "Dear is the spot where Mother sleeps Her memory lives forever more Why should we in anguish weep She is not dead bu …
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