Brief Life History of James Daniel
When James Daniel Huntsman was born on 11 May 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, James William Huntsman, was 38 and his mother, Hannah Ralston Davis, was 29. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 19 July 1925, in Mesquite, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bunkerville Cemetery, Bunkerville, Clark, Nevada, United States.
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- James Huntsman in household of James W Huntsman, "United States Census, 1850"
- James Daniel Huntsman, "Find A Grave Index"
- James in entry for Leo Wallace, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
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World Events (8)
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.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire): occupational name either for a hunter or a servant of a hunter, from a compound of Middle English hunte ‘the act of hunting’ (or Old English hunta ‘huntsman’) + man. In some cases the name may also arise from a late, unrecorded Old English personal name Huntmann, a compound of hunta + -mann.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES DANIEL HUNTSMAN
James Daniel Huntsman was born 11 May 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois to James William and Hannah Ralston Davis Huntsman. He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on 1 …
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