Brief Life History of Otto Lyman
When Otto Lyman Mayhew was born on 2 October 1836, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Elijah Mayhew, was 29 and his mother, Lydia Farnsworth, was 28. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 6 February 1917, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Pleasant Grove City Cemetery, Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Otto L Mayhew, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Otto L. Mayhew, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Otto Lyman Mayhew, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): from the French and Middle English personal name Maheu (Old French Mahieu), a common Norman form of Matthew . Its common Middle English pet form was Maw, by syncope of the medial -he-; see under Maw 1. See also May and Mahy .
Americanized form of French Mailloux .
History: Thomas Mayhew (1593–1682) came to Medford, MA, from Tisbury, Wiltshire, England, c. 1632, and subsequently moved to Watertown, MA. In 1642 he established a settlement on Martha's Vineyard, with his son Thomas, who was the first English missionary to the Indians of New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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