Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Cahoon was born on 8 February 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Daniel Stiles Cahoon, was 22 and her mother, Jane Amanda Spencer, was 22. She married Robert Quorton Maxfield on 26 May 1866, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 17 February 1879, in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 34.
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- Mary J Maxfield in household of Robert Maxfield, "United States Census, 1870"
- Salt Lake County, Utah, Death Records, 1908-1949
- Mary Cahoon, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Name Meaning
Irish (Down and Antrim): variant (reflecting the traditional pronunciation) of Scottish Colquhoun .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF MARY JANE CAHOON MAXFIELD
Mary Jane Cahoon was born 8 February 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to Daniel Stiles and Jane Amanda Spencer Cahoon. Her mother Jane Amanda married her father Daniel Stile …
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