John Milton Bernhisel

Brief Life History of John Milton

When John Milton Bernhisel was born on 23 June 1799, in Sandy Hill, Menallen Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Bernheisel, was 29 and his mother, Susannah Bauer, was 24. He married Julia Ann Haight on 19 December 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 28 September 1881, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Milton Bernhisel
1799–1881
Elizabeth Barker
1831–1909
Marriage: 20 January 1846
William Henry Bernhisel
1849–1884
Jacob Bernhisel
1850–1850
Issac Bernhisel
1852–1852
Samuel Bernhisel
1856–1858
Martin Luther Bernhisel
1860–1913
Mary Lawrence Bernhisel
1864–1909
Edward Harvey Bernhisel
1866–1877
Cora Livingston Bernhisel
1867–1940
David Morton Bernhisel
1871–1956

Sources (124)

  • John Bernhisle, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Dr. John Milton Bernhisel M.D. - birth: about 1797; Pennsylvania, United States
  • John M Bernhisel, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

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.

Name Meaning

Altered form of German Berntheusel or of its variant Berntheisel: habitational name from a farm or house named with the personal name Bernt + a diminutive of Haus ‘house’. Surnames Berntheusel and Berntheisel are very rare in Germany. Compare Barnhisel .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Journal of History (RLDS) Vol. 10 1917pp. 168-201 INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MARY HELEN GRANT NOTE BY V.E.S.

The time nears when there will be none to remember the experiences, as they are witness, of the pioneers of America in the rough. The ox team, the pony express, the buffalo wallow, the wagon raft, th …

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