Brief Life History of Silas
When Silas Hutchings was born on 18 November 1868, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Shepherd Pierce Hutchings, was 49 and his mother, Eliza Ann Pectol, was 36. He married Amelia Pedernelle Fillerup on 10 February 1897, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 30 years. He died on 10 March 1943, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Silas Hutchings, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Legacy NFS Source: Silas Hutchings - birth: 18 November 1943; Springville, Utah, Utah, United States
- Silas Hutchings, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote
The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Somerset): variant of Hutchins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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