When Mary Margaret Yelton was born on 11 February 1811, in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States, her father, John M Yelton, was 40 and her mother, Ann Lambert, was 38. She married Aaron Benjamin Cherry on 21 May 1829, in Falmouth, Pendleton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1847 and Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 17 October 1898, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Scottish and English: of uncertain origin. Black speculates that it may be a habitational name from Youlton in North Yorkshire, which is named from the Old Norse personal name Jóli + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
History of Aaron Benjamin Cherry and Mary Margaret Yelton Written by Laura Walton Barber Aaron Benjamin Cherry, second son of John Cherry and Rebecca Anthony, was born 21 February 180 …
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