Brief Life History of Jesse Wentworth
When Jesse Wentworth Crosby Sr. was born on 25 November 1820, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Joshua Crosby, was 37 and his mother, Hannah Corning Cann, was 36. He married Hannah Elida Baldwin on 23 November 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Moapa Valley, Clark, Nevada, United States in 1882 and Utah, United States for about 8 years. He died on 11 June 1893, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Panguitch City Cemetery, Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- Jesse Crosby, "United States Census, 1870"
- Caroline Cornelia Emmett marriage to Jessie Wentworth Crosby Sr. Salt Lake City Dec. 16 1872
- Jesse Wentworth Crosby, "BillionGraves Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1827
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called with Old Norse kross ‘cross’ + bȳ ‘farm, settlement’ in Lancashire, Cumberland, Westmorland, North Yorkshire, and Lincolnshire.
Irish: surname adopted by bearers of the Gaelic name Mac an Chrosáin (see McCrossen ).
History: The surname of the Irish family of Crosbie is ultimately derived from providing the chief bards to the O’Mores, Chiefs of Leix: crosán means ‘bard’ or ‘satirist’. Pádraic Mac Crosáin or Mac An Chrosáin took the Anglicized name Patrick Crosbie c. 1583.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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