When Stephen Howell Chipman was born on 11 January 1892, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Stephen L. Chipman, was 27 and his mother, Sina Nielson, was 31. He married Pearl Romney on 25 June 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 12 years. He died on 5 December 1954, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
A monument honoring the Provo pioneers and Indian war veterans was dedicated on July 24, 1909, as Pioneer Park opened to the public.
English: from Middle English chipman (Old English cȳp(e)mann), a side form of chapman, chepman ‘merchant, trader’; see Chapman , with which this name was interchangeable.
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