Brief Life History of Susan Elizabeth
When Susan Elizabeth West was born on 4 December 1833, in Benton, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Walker West, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Cooper, was 28. She married George Albert Smith on 28 October 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 14 October 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Susan West in household of Samuel West, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susan Elizabeth West Smith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
- Susan E. Wiss in entry for Elizabeth Smith Cartwright, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, 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 and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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