Brief Life History of Harriet Frances
When Harriet Frances Brown was born on 12 June 1847, in Otisco Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States, her father, William Dearborn Brown, was 34 and her mother, Harriet Frances Hatch, was 28. She married Lorenzo Frazier Harmon on 14 October 1872, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 2 May 1879, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 31.
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- Harriet Brown in household of Lorenzo Harmon, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Harriet Francies Brown - Individual or family possessions: Journal or diary: birth: 12 June 1847; West Bloomfield, Oakland, Michigan, United States
- Harriet Francis Brown Harmon, "Find A Grave Index"
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1848
Bingham Canyon is located in the Oquirrh Mountains approximately twenty-five miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The canyon was first settled in August 1848 by two Mormon pioneers, Thomas and Sanford Bingham. The two brothers had been sent to the area by Brigham Young, who requested that they take a herd of horses and cattle belonging to himself, the Bingham family, and others up to the high land around the main canyon. They erected a small cabin about one-and-a-half miles below the entrance to the canyon on the north side of its creek.
1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).
Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .
Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF HARRIET FRANCES BROWN HARMON
Harriet Frances Brown was born on 27 November 1847 in Otisco Township, Ionia, Michigan to William Dearborn and Harriet Frances Hatch Brown. She was the fourth of ten children. Her older brother Cavces …
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