When Melissa Lott was born on 9 January 1824, in Tunkhannock Township, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Cornelius Peter Lott, was 25 and her mother, Permelia Darrow, was 18. She married Joseph Smith Jr on 20 September 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 13 July 1898, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
"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."
English: from the Middle English female name Lot(e) (Latinized as Lota), probably a pet form of such names as Allot (from Alice), Amelot or Emelot (from Ameline), Ellot (from Ellen), and Gillota (from Gillian).
English: from Middle English lot(t)e ‘lot, portion’ (Old English hlot), in the sense of an allotted share of land, hence a status name for someone who held such a plot.
German: from a pet form of Ludwig .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related Names(Pioneer Ancestor History given by Cheryl L. Thacker at DUP Company Wasatch Camp One 9 Feb. 1998) Permelia On December 15, 1805 in Bridgewater, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, a daughter was born to J …
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