Brief Life History of William Perry
When William Perry Nebeker was born on 5 September 1836, in Reily, Butler, Ohio, United States, his father, John Nebeker, was 23 and his mother, Lurena Fitzgerald, was 17. He married Margaret McGarvey in 1857, in Reily, Butler, Ohio, United States. He lived in Laketown, Rich, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 October 1910, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- William P Nebeker, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Perry Nebeker - Published information: birth: 5 September 1836; Reily, Butler, Ohio, United States
- William Perry Nebeker, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Niebecker: occupational name for a baker who was new in town, or a habitational name for someone from Niebeck (near Uelzen).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Perry Nebeker
William Perry Nebeker was baptized in the Platte River by Apostle John Taylor while crossing the plains in 1847. At the age of eleven years, he drove a yoke of oxen hitched to his father’s flour wagon …
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