Brief Life History of Martha Clarissa
When Martha Clarissa Browning was born on 24 October 1837, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Jonathan Browning, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Stalcup, was 34. She married Charles Franklin Middleton on 2 October 1854, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1842 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 July 1930, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Martha C Middleton in household of Chas F Middleton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Brouning (Old English Brūning), a derivative of the byname Brūn (see Brown ).
History: This name was brought independently to North America from England by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. William Browning was one of the free planters who assented to the ‘Fundamental Agreement’ of the New Haven Colony on June 4, 1639.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Honor paid to Mrs. Middleton, [Ogden Standard Examiner; 25 October 1928]
HONOR PAID TO MRS. MIDDLETON Pioneer in Good Spirits on Her Ninety-first Birthday Sitting enthroned among children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, Martha Clarissa Middleton, widow of Charles …
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