Brief Life History of Melissa Cynthia
When Melissa Cynthia Call was born on 29 March 1830, in Madison Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Cyril Call, was 44 and her mother, Sarah Or Sally Tiffany, was 39. She married Russell Gideon Brownell on 8 June 1846, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Liberty Judicial Township, San Joaquin, California, United States in 1870 and Elliot, Alameda, California, United States in 1880. She died on 2 September 1888, in Fresno, California, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno, California, United States.
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- Elizi Brownell in household of R C Brownell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Melissa Cynthia Call - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Mallissa Call
- Melissa Cynthia Call in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Melissa Cynthia Call was a pioneer.
Melissa Cynthia traveled with the Samuel Gully/Orson Spencer Company (1849), a wagon company. They departed from Council Bluffs, Iowa on 28 May 1849. Melissa Cynthia was 19 years old at departure and …
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