Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Sweeten was born on 28 December 1837, in Brooke, Kent, Ontario, Canada, her father, George Sweeten, was 39 and her mother, Mary Gardner, was 30. She married Abraham Hunsaker Sr. on 11 June 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 12 October 1862, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Margaret Luckham in household of Roger Luckham, "United States Census, 1850"
- 1837 Canada LDS Membership Birth of Margaret Sweeten daughter of George Sweeten & Mary Gardner, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place
By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
1839 · The Capital Moves again
After the twenty years that the capital was moved to Vandalia, the General Assembly, under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, voted to move the capital to Springfield. Springfield is still the capital of Illinois to this day, even though Chicago has long surpassed the capital on population.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of English Sweeting .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Abraham Hunsaker was born in the year 1812, Nov. 29, Jonesborough town, Union County, State of Illinois, son of Jacob Hunsaker and Polly Luce. My father was born in Pennsylvania, sone of Jacob Hunsa …
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