John Osborn Angell

Brief Life History of John Osborn

When John Osborn Angell was born on 10 January 1836, in Kirtland, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Solomon Angell, was 29 and his mother, Eunice Clark Young, was 26. He married Prudence Sara Ermina Cahoon on 29 December 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 22 December 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Osborn Angell
1836–1920
Sarah Jane Scott Mikesell
1849–1914
Marriage: 21 October 1872
Martha Jane Angell
1873–1946
John Osborn Angell
1874–1927
Mary Caroline Angell
1876–1951
Ella Augusta Angell
1878–1917
Alma Hyrum Angell
1879–1968
Ralph Angell
1881–1882
Clara Adella Angell
1883–1973
George Enoch Angell
1885–1895
Albert Amazah Angell
1887–1972
Earnest Leroy Angell
1889–1890
Leslie Frederick Angell
1891–1974

Sources (69)

  • John Angel, "United States Census, 1870"
  • John Osborne Angell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • John O Angell in entry for Albert Amziah Angell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1858 · A House Divided

Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Angel .

Norwegian (of German origin): habitational name from the placename Angeln in Schleswig-Holstein in Germany. The surname is known in Norway from the 17th century.

American shortened and altered form of Greek Angelis or of any other derivative of the personal name Angelos (see Angelos ). Compare Angel .

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

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