Brief Life History of Mary Susannah
When Mary Susannah Higgs was born on 11 February 1849, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Thomas Higgs, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Stowe, was 24. She married Alfred Best on 25 March 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and United States in 1949. She died on 2 May 1951, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 102, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Sleater, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary Susannah Higgs, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Mary Susannah Higgs Sleater, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English:
variant of Hicks with voicing of -k-.
variant of Higg, itself from Middle English Higge (a pet form of Hugh), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Higson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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SUSANNA --- 102 YEARS
Mary Susanna Higgs Sleater was born February 11, 1849, in Utica, New York, to Thomas and Elizabeth Stowe Higgs, both of English descent. With her parents she arrived in Utah December 1856, after a haz …
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