Brief Life History of Louisa May
When Louisa May Busenbark was born on 25 May 1827, in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States, her father, Isaac Busenbark, was 25 and her mother, Abigail Manning, was 19. She married Edwin R Calkins about 1846. She lived in Cache, Utah, United States in 1860 and West Point, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 13 May 1885, in Spring Valley, Lincoln, Nevada, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Panaca Cemetery, Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States.
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- Eliza Brice in household of Joseph Brice, "United States Census, 1870"
- Louisa Busenbark Rice, "Find A Grave Index"
- Louisa Barh* in entry for Jedediah Rice - Blessing, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
Name Meaning
Probably an Americanized form of German Busenberg, a habitational name from a place so named near Kaiserslautern.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Asaph Rice Family by Bessie Wadsworth "Asaph Rice was born the 13th of January, 1817, in Elmira, New York. He came across the plains with the Brigham Young Company when he was a young man. When …
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