Brief Life History of William Madison
When William Madison Wall was born on 30 September 1821, in Rockingham, North Carolina, United States, his father, Isaac Wall, was 26 and his mother, Nancy Duncan, was 24. He married Nancy Haws on 4 June 1840, in Springfield Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie Park, Michigan Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1849 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1851. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 18 September 1869, in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Wm Wall, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: William Madison Wall - Individual or family possessions: birth: 30 September 1821; Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States
- William Wall, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1826
Historical Boundaries: 1826: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1834
Historical Boundaries 1834: Rives County created from Lafayette County 1841: Rives renamed Henry County
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stone-built wall, e.g. one used to fortify a town or to keep back the encroachment of the sea (Middle English wall ‘wall’, Old English wall, weall, from Latin vallum ‘rampart, palisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Wall (Staffordshire).
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or stream, northern Middle English wall(e) (Old English (Mercian) wæll(a); compare Well ).
Irish (of Norman origin): Anglicized form of de Valle (Gaelicized form de Bhál), the name of a Norman family established in Munster and Connacht.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia Volume 4 Stake and Ward Officers Utah Stake Whitehead, Walter Paxman Wall, William Madison, Bishop of the Provo 4th Ward, Utah Stake, Utah, from 1852 to 1 …
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