Elizabeth Coleman Crosby

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Coleman

When Elizabeth Coleman Crosby was born on 21 December 1822, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States, her father, John Jeter Crosby, was 47 and her mother, Elizabeth Glenn Coleman, was 37. She married John Brown on 20 May 1844, in Monroe, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 24 February 1906, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Brown
1820–1896
Elizabeth Coleman Crosby
1822–1906
Marriage: 20 May 1844
Samuel Brown
1845–
John Crosby Brown
1848–1848
Amasa Lyman Brown
1849–1850
Martha Elizabeth Brown
1850–1935
Pauline Eliza Brown
1852–1934
Sarah Brown
1854–1941
Sytha Brown
1857–1881
William Crosby Brown
1859–1900
James Lehi Brown
1860–1921
Parilee Brown
1863–1947
Lydia Christina Brown
1865–1948

Sources (38)

  • Elizabeth Brown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth Crosby, "Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911"
  • Elizabeth Crosby Brown, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.

Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).

History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.

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

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The Crosby's, Westward from Mississippi

The Crosby’s, Westward from Mississippi Elizabeth Coleman Crosby, born 12 March 1785, was the daughter of Joseph Coleman, who was a Revolutionary War soldier. She was the wife of John Jeter Crosby a …

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