Brief Life History of William
When William Leany was born on 19 December 1814, in Logan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Culbert Means Laney, was 33 and his mother, Margaret Peggy Cook, was 27. He married Elizabeth Scearce on 7 September 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Parowan, Iron, Utah, United States in 1860 and Washington, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 29 December 1891, in Harrisburg, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Harrisburg Cemetery, Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- William Leany, "United States Census, 1880"
- Wm Laney, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- William Laney, 1891, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
Irish: from Ó Laomdha ‘descendant of Laomdha’, a personal name which may be derived from laomtha ‘blazing, flaming’. Also present in England, predominantly in Hampshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Autobiography
http://www.boap.org/LDS/Early-Saints/WLeany.html Autobiography (1815-1865) Typescript, HBLL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM LEANY I, William Leany, now begin to write from memory this first day of January, …
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