Brief Life History of Samuel Hamblin
When Samuel Hamblin Steele was born on 15 July 1822, in Plattsburgh, Clinton, New York, United States, his father, William F Steele, was 45 and his mother, Almira Wilcox Hamblin, was 43. He married Elvira Saloma Thayer in June 1841, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. In 1880, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as farmer in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States. He died on 8 September 1892, in Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Original Goshen Pioneer Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Steel, "United States Census, 1850"
- Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English stel(e) ‘steel’, perhaps used for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or for a foundry worker.
English: variant of Stile .
Scottish: habitational name from one or more of the places called Steel(e) or Steill in Ayrshire, Berwickshire, and Dumfriesshire, from Scots steel ‘steep bank, spur of a ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Goshen Centennial History by Louie S. Steele Jensen Part II
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