Elmeda S Stringham

Brief Life History of Elmeda S

When Elmeda S Stringham was born on 30 December 1829, in Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York, United States, her father, George Stringham, was 39 and her mother, Polly Hendrickson, was 26. She married Appleton Milo Harmon on 1 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States in 1900 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 3 August 1923, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Appleton Milo Harmon
1820–1877
Elmeda S Stringham
1829–1923
Marriage: 1 January 1845
Appleton Milo Harmon
1846–1847
Mary Harmon
1848–1848
Bryant Harmon
1849–1868
Willis Milton Harmon
1851–1907
Appleton Stringham Harmon
1854–1896
Elmeda Harmon
1856–1857
Hosea Frank Harmon
1858–1937
Anna Harmon
1860–1931
Hyrum Harmon
1862–1945
Polly Frances Harmon
1864–1944
Julia Ann Harmon
1866–1955
Jesse Martin Harmon
1868–1922
Mary Harmon
1871–1871

Sources (51)

  • Parnelia Harmon in household of Apleton Harmon, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elmeda Stringham - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elmeda Stringham
  • Elmeda Stringham Harmon, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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.

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Kane, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English (London): habitational name from Strensham (Worcestershire), recorded as Stringesham in 1328. The placename appears to derive from an Old English personal name Streng (genitive Strenges) + Old English hām ‘village, homestead’.

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

Story Highlight

Old Stringham Letters

COPIES OF LETTERS From: Nathaniel George Stringham and Bryant Stringham Hinckley, Briant Stringham and His People (Salt Lake City, Utah: Stevens & Wallis Press, 1949. …

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