When Emily Shelton was born on 6 February 1835, in Northill, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Shelton, was 30 and her mother, Mary Franklin, was 32. She married John Richard Barnes on 23 March 1853, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States in 1853. She died on 30 August 1875, in Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 40, and was buried in Kaysville City Cemetery, Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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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.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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