Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Norton was born on 6 November 1820, in New Lisbon, Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, his father, David E. Norton Jr, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Benefiel, was 19. He married Rebecca Ann Hammer on 20 July 1846, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States in 1870 and Cannonville, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 20 October 1901, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- Jno W Morton, "United States Census, 1860"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the many places so called, from Old English north ‘north’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. In some cases it is a variant of Norrington .
Irish: altered form of Naughton , assimilated to the English name (see 1 above).
Jewish (American): adoption of the English surname (see 1 above) in place of some similar (like-sounding) original Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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