William Leany

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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Family Time Line

William Leany
1814–1891
Elizabeth Scearce
1822–1908
Marriage: 7 September 1845
Sarah Ann Leany
1846–1900
William Laney Jr.
1848–1922
Helen Elizabeth Leany
1850–1918
Hyrum Leany
1852–1945
David Laney
1854–1928
Marietta Leany
1856–1944
Amelia Leany
1858–1913
Mary Leany
1859–1915
Thomas Jefferson Leany
1865–1896

Sources (48)

  • 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"

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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