When Martha Jane Knowlton was born on 3 June 1822, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States, her father, Sidney Algernon Knowlton, was 29 and her mother, Harriet Burnham, was 25. She married Howard Coray on 6 February 1841, in Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 December 1881, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
English (Hampshire): habitational name from either of two places so named, one in Dorset and the other in Kent. Both are named from Old English cnoll ‘knoll, hilltop’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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