Theodore Spencer Harrington

Brief Life History of Theodore Spencer

When Theodore Spencer Harrington was born on 5 May 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Leonard Ellsworth Harrington, was 28 and his mother, Lois Russell, was 21. He married Martha Elizabeth Chipman on 12 September 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Lewis, Washington, United States in 1880. He died on 17 October 1922, in Winlock, Lewis, Washington, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Winlock Cemetery, Winlock, Lewis, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Theodore Spencer Harrington
1844–1922
Martha Elizabeth Chipman
1844–1907
Marriage: 12 September 1863
Lois Harrington
1864–1950
Martha Elizabeth Harrington
1866–1944
Leonard Harrington
1870–
Amanda Harrington
1870–1957
Zina Harrington
1875–1941
Olive Harrington
1879–1944

Sources (29)

  • Theadore S Herington, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Theodore S Harrington, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • T S Harrington in entry for B B Colbarth and Amanda Harangten, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places called Harrington (Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire). The Cumberland placename derives from the Old English personal name Hæfer + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The Lincolnshire placename derives from the Old English personal name Hearra + Old English connective -ing- + tūn. The Northamptonshire derives from an Old English personal name Hǣthhere + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Herendeen .

Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArrachtáin ‘descendant of Arrachtán’, a personal name from a diminutive of arrachtach ‘mighty, powerful’.

Irish: in Kerry, this name was adopted as an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIongardail, later Ó hUrdáil, ‘descendant of Iongardal’, a personal name of uncertain origin.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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The Life Summary of Theodore Spencer Harrington When Theodore Spencer Harrington was born on 5 May 1844, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Leonard Ellsworth Harrington, was 28 …

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