Desdemony Rebecca Atwood

Brief Life History of Desdemony Rebecca

When Desdemony Rebecca Atwood was born on 23 October 1825, in Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, Reuben Atwood, was 28 and her mother, Lucy Turner, was 28. She married Joseph Wellington Coolidge on 26 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Manti Utah Temple, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 25 November 1906, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Manti Cemetery, Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Wellington Coolidge
1814–1871
Desdemony Rebecca Atwood
1825–1906
Marriage: 26 January 1846
Alvira Lucy Coolidge
1848–1913
Oscar F Coolidge
1850–1930

Sources (22)

  • Rebecca Corlidge, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Desdemony Rebecca Atwood, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • Rebecca Atwood Wareham, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1827

Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States

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.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English atte wode (Old English æt thǣm wuda) ‘by the wood’.

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

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Frederick W. Cox, Sr., Manti Citizen

COX, FREDERICK W., SR, farmer, of Manti, son of Frederick W. and Emeline (Whiting), born in Windom, Foliage county, Ohio, November 6, 1836. In 1852 the family came to Manti, crossing the plains in an …

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