Brief Life History of Samantha
When Samantha Nelson was born on 28 October 1853, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, her father, Price Williams Nelson, was 30 and her mother, Lydia Ann Lake, was 21. She married Warren Marshall Johnson on 28 October 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Byron, Big Horn, Wyoming, United States in 1910 and Hurricane, Washington, Utah, United States in 1919. She died on 7 October 1923, in Moccasin, Mohave, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.
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- Samantha Johnson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samantha Nelson - birth: 28 October 1853; San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States
- Montana, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1865-1993
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1856
Nevada is the 36th state.
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Nell or Nele, either of which might be a pet form of Elias or less commonly of Niel (from Latin Nigellus). See also Neal .
Americanized form of Swedish Nilsson and also of the Danish, Norwegian, and North German cognates Nielsen and Nilsen (compare Nelsen ). Compare also Neilson and Nielson .
History: The Nelson name was an important one in 18th-century VA, starting with Thomas ‘Scotch Tom’ Nelson, who emigrated to VA at the close of the 17th century from Penrith, Cumbria, where the Nelsons were numerous. Scotch Tom settled c. 1700 at Yorktown, VA, where he became a successful merchant and landholder. His son was sheriff and a member of the VA Council, and his grandson, Thomas Nelson (1738–89), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor of VA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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My great great grandfather, Warren Marshall Johnson, was born 9 July 1838 in Bridgewater, New Hampshire to Elizabeth Sleeper and Jeremiah Johnson. When Warren was twenty-six years old he developed a f …
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