Brief Life History of Elsa Ann
When Elsa Ann Curtis was born on 14 May 1826, in Georgetown, Brown, Ohio, United States, her father, Uriah Curtis, was 21 and her mother, Phoebe Martin, was 20. She married David Benson on 8 November 1846, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 5 May 1892, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ann Benson in household of Davis Benson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Elsa Ann Curtis - Individual or family possessions: Family genealogies: birth-name: Elsie Ann Curtis
- Eliza Ann Bensen, "Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a refined person, sometimes perhaps given ironically, from Middle English, Old French courteis, courtois, curtis ‘courtly, refined, urbane’ (derivative of Old French court; see Court 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Benson's Mill/ Benson's Settlement in Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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