Brief Life History of Erastus
When Erastus Bingham Jr was born on 30 September 1822, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Erastus Bingham Sr, was 24 and his mother, Lucinda Gates, was 25. He married Olive Hovey Freeman on 29 October 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880 and San Xavier Election Precinct, Pima, Arizona, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1846. He died on 4 April 1906, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Erastus Bingham, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Erastus Bingham Jr. - birth: 30 September 1822; Concord, Essex, Vermont, United States
- Erastus Bingham, "Arizona, Marriages, 1865-1949"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Name Meaning
English (Dorset) and Irish (County Mayo): habitational name from Bingham (Nottinghamshire). The placename is probably from an Old English folk-name Bynningas (‘the people associated with a man named Bynna’), or possibly from an unattested Old English word bing ‘a kettle-shaped hollow’, + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Irish (Ulster, of Scottish origin): altered form of Bigham .
American shortened and altered form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames such as Bingenheimer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Edna Bingham Personal and Family History
My great grandfather and grandmother were Erastus Bingham and Lucindia Gates. Their son, Erastus Jr., married Susan Green (second wife). Nephi Bingham, the son of Erastus Jr., is my father and Eliza …
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