When Harriet Jane Gully was born on 30 April 1840, in Lawrence, Newton, Mississippi, United States, her father, Samuel S Gully, was 30 and her mother, Jane Jones Frilick, was 38. She married Jonathan Gleason Davis about 1853, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1849 and lived in California, United States in 1870 and Belleville, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880. She died on 20 August 1888, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
English (southwestern): variant of Gulley .
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