When Thomas Mendenhall, II was born on 18 February 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Thomas Mendenhall, Sr., was 37 and his mother, Mary Ann Sinex, was 31. He married Louisa Fleet Smart on 31 March 1863, in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Cache, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States for about 20 years. He died on 21 March 1909, in Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Franklin, Oneida, Idaho, United States.
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"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."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: habitational name from either of two places called Mildenhall, in Suffolk and Wiltshire. Both placenames probably derive from an unattested Old English personal name Milda (genitive Mildan) + Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’. The spelling Mendenhall is rare in Britain, where Mildenhall is more often found.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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