When Edith Patten was born on 15 March 1832, in Fairplay Township, Greene, Indiana, United States, her father, John Patten Sr., was 44 and her mother, Hannah Ingersoll, was 44. She married George Pierce Billings on 27 May 1851, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 18 May 1884, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
occasionally a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of clogs, from Middle English paten ‘clog’ (Old French patin).
variant of Patton (a Middle English pet form of Patrick) with -in substituted for -on.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesBILLINGS, GEORGE PIERCE, deceased, son of Titus and Diantha Morley, was born in Lake county, Ohio, July 25, 1827. The family removed to Kirtland, Ohio, when he was 1 years old, then to Nauvoo, Illinoi …
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