Brief Life History of Melissa Isabell
When Melissa Isabell Norton was born on 23 December 1824, in New Lisbon, Dudley Township, Henry, Indiana, United States, her father, David E. Norton Jr, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Benefiel, was 23. She married Paulinus Harvey Allred on 3 February 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Caldwell, Missouri, United States in 1837 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 26 July 1892, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Melissa Allred in household of Paulinas H Allred, "United States Census, 1850"
- Mellissa Norton & Paulinus H Allred, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940" (1888)
- Milissa Isabel Norton Allred, "Find A Grave Index"
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1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Henry, Indiana, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
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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Melissa Norton Notes by Arnon Allred
Melissa Norton was born in New Lisbon, Indiana on December 23, 1824. Melissa Norton's grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War under George Washington. Melissa's family joined the church and they …
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