When Cyrus Alma Snell was born on 11 June 1838, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, British North America, his father, Cyrus Phillips Snell, was 28 and his mother, Rhoda Barnes, was 22. He married Nancy Emeline Lunceford on 14 November 1861, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 5 August 1863, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
The cemetery has been a final resting place since the first burial in 1853. The cemetery was officially established in 1868
English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .
English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).
Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCYRUS SNELL -, Eaton, Carroll, New Hampshire. Just how he met Rhoda Barnes, a native of Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada has not been determined, but they were probably married when she was 17 years o …
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