Brief Life History of Clarissa Loomis
When Clarissa Loomis Lyman was born on 27 June 1790, in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Richard Lyman Sr, was 32 and her mother, Philomelia Loomis, was 30. She married John Smith on 11 September 1815, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 14 February 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Clarissa Smith in household of John Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
- Clarissa Lyman Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
- Clarissa L in entry for George Albert Smith, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1791 · The Bill of Rights
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).
Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).
Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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