Brief Life History of Isabella
When Isabella Benson was born on 9 March 1846, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States, her father, Ezra Taft Benson, was 35 and her mother, Pamelia Emma Andrus, was 36. She married William Goodwin on 9 October 1866, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States for about 30 years. She died on 10 February 1922, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.
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- Isabella Goodwin in household of William Goodwin, "United States Census, 1870"
- Bella Benson Goodwin, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Bella Goodwin, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the medieval personal name Ben(ne), a pet form of Benedict (see Benn ) + -son.
English: habitational name from a place in Oxfordshire named Benson, from Old English Benesingtūn ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Benesa’, a personal name of obscure origin, perhaps a derivative of Bana meaning ‘slayer’.
Americanized form of any of various Scandinavian patronymics from the personal name Bengt, Bendt, etc., Scandinavian forms of Benedict , e.g. Swedish Bengtsson , Danish Bendtsen, Danish and Norwegian Bentsen . Compare Bensen 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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