When Elizabeth Burgess Neslen was born on 4 June 1835, in Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Neslen, was 27 and her mother, Eunice Burgess Francis, was 26. She married Cyrus Hubbard Wheelock on 21 April 1854, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and South, Grayson, Kentucky, United States in 1926. She died on 14 June 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: see Nessling .
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Possible Related NamesElizabeth Burgess Neslen was the sixth wife of Cyrus Wheelock, an early convert to the Church and president of the Northern States Mission. It was Cyrus who was responsible for purchasing wagons and o …
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