Brief Life History of Horace Adelbert
When Horace Adelbert Egan was born on 12 August 1847, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Major Howard Egan, was 32 and his mother, Tamson Parshley, was 23. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 24 March 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Hosea A Egan in household of Howard Egan, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Horace Adelbert Egan - birth: 12 August 1847;
- Horace A Egan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1848
Find A Grave website photo indicates establishment of the cemetery in 1848. Located at the NE corner of 4th Avenue and N Street. Salt Lake City Cemetery is in The Avenues neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. Approximately 120,000 persons are buried in the cemetery. Many religious leaders and politicians, particularly many leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) lie in the cemetery. It encompasses over 250 acres and contains 9 1?2 miles of roads. It is the largest city-operated cemetery in the United States. The first burial occurred on September 27, 1847, when George Wallace buried his child, Mary Wallace. The burial was two months after the Mormon pioneers had settled the Salt Lake Valley. In 1849, George Wallace, Daniel Wells, and Joseph Heywood surveyed 20 acres at the same site for the area's burial grounds. In 1851, Salt Lake City was incorporated and the 20 acres officially became the Salt Lake City Cemetery with George Wallace as its first sexton.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1854
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Seamus, Kieran, Parnell, Siobhan, Aileen, Aine, Aisling, Dermot, Donal, Fergus, Finola.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodhagáin ‘descendant of Aodhagán’, a personal name from a double diminutive of Aodh ‘fire’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Horace Adelbert Egan
Horace Adelbert Egan Born 12 August 1847 in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska Died 24 March 1862 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Parents are Howard Egan and Tamson Parshley. Howard Egan was born in Tu …
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