Brief Life History of Levi
When Levi Savage Jr. was born on 23 March 1820, in Greenfield Township, Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Levi Savage Sr., was 29 and his mother, Polly Haynes, was 20. He married Jane Mathers on 23 January 1848, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Springdale, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1845. He died on 13 December 1910, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Toquerville Cemetery, Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Levi Savage, "United States Census, 1880"
- Levi Savage, "United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923"
- Levi Savage, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .
Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Levi Savage - Missionary In October 1852, Levi Jr. was called on a Mormon mission to the Far East country of Siam. Levi Jr. left his 21 month old son with his sister Hannah Maria Savage Eldridge whi …
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