Brief Life History of Horace
When Horace Spafford was born on 28 January 1797, in Vergennes, Addison, Vermont, United States, his father, Elijah Spafford, was 35 and his mother, Irinda Skinner, was 34. He married Martha Stiles in 1824. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Pike, Illinois, United States in 1840. He died on 12 December 1867, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Horace Spafford, "United States Census, 1840"
- Horace Spafford, "BillionGraves Index"
- Horace Spofford, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire):
habitational name usually from Spalford (Nottinghamshire). The placename may derive from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, or from spald ‘ditch, trench’ + ford ‘ford’.
variant of Spofforth, a habitational name from Spofforth (Yorkshire), probably from Old English spot ‘small piece, plot of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Horace Spafford was the son of an army man, born in Bergennes County, Vermont on January 23, 1797. His parents were Colonel Elijah Spafford and Irinda Skinner. Horace grew to manhood in the neigh …
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