When Stephen Henry Hales was born on 17 October 1820, in Rainham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, Stephen Hales III, was 29 and his mother, Mary Ann Hales, was 21. He married Eveline Lydia Carter on 16 October 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Morgan, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 28 October 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: William C Brown BIRTH 1838 DEATH 1838 (aged less–than 1 year) BURIAL Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 99780931 · View Source
English (widespread, especially in the southeast): from the genitive singular or nominative plural form of Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Hale ).
Irish: when not of English origin, this may be a variant of Healy or McHale .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSTEPHEN HALES 1791-1846 Stephen Hales was born September 10, 1791 in Stockbury, Kent, England. He was the son of Stephen and Margaret Waterman Harbour Hales. Stephen (his father) was the son of St …
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