Brief Life History of Sylvia Porter
When Sylvia Porter Sessions was born on 31 July 1818, in Newry, Oxford, Maine, United States, her father, David Sessions, was 28 and her mother, Patty Bartlett, was 23. She married Windsor Palmer Lyon on 21 April 1838, in Far West, Caldwell, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 12 April 1882, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Salva Clark in household of Ezekiel Clark, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sylvia P Lyon, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Sylvia Porter Sessions Clark, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
English (Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire): of Norman origin, a habitational name from Soissons (Aisne, northern France), named for the Gaulish tribe who once inhabited the area, and whose name is recorded in Latin documents in the form Suessiones, of uncertain derivation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sylvia Porter Sessions Clark
SYLVIA PORTER SESSIONS Written by Sylvia Wills Sylvia Porter Sessions Lyon Kimball was born July 31, 1818, at Newry, Oxford, Maine. the daughter of David and Patty Sessions. In 1838 she was married t …
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