Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Bratton was born on 10 November 1841, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, her father, George Washington Bratton, was 27 and her mother, Mary Palmer Graves, was 23. She married John James Cherry on 6 May 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Centerville Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900 and Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910. She died on 1 February 1924, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Centerville City Cemetery, Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Laura Crie?Y in household of John J. Crie?Y, "United States Census, 1900"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Laura Bratton Cherry, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1842 · Relief Society Organized
The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places called Bratten (in Shropshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire) or from Bratton Clovelly or Bratton Fleming in Devon. The Shropshire and Somerset places are named with Old English brōc ‘brook’ + tūn ‘settlement’. The Wiltshire and Devon names are from Old English brǣc ‘newly cultivated ground’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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History of Laura Bratton
History of John James Cherry and Laura Bratton Written by Laura Walton L. Barber John James Cherry, son of Aaron Benjamin and Margaret Yelton, was born 13 January 1834 at Falsmouth, Kentucky. L …
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