Brief Life History of Uriah Reed
When Uriah Reed Butt was born on 22 February 1829, in Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Jesse Butt, was 41 and his mother, Esther Read, was 35. He married Bridget Rogerson on 8 February 1857, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Warminster, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 20 February 1904, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Uriah Butt in household of Hester Butt, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Uriah Reed Butt - birth: 22 February 1829; Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
- Uriah Reed Butt, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohammad, Tariq, Muhammad, Abdul, Nasir, Mohammed, Abid, Arif, Khalid, Nadeem, Shahid, Tahir.
English: nickname from Middle English but(te), Old English butta ‘(something or someone) short and stumpy’, also used as a personal name up until c. 1200.
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a mound, from Middle English but(te). Alternatively, possibly denoting someone who lived by a tree stump. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this sense is not recorded in English before 1601, but it may be much older.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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