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