Brief Life History of Gordon Silas
When Gordon Silas Beckstead was born on 13 July 1854, in Uintah, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Beckstead, was 26 and his mother, Lucene Bird Bybee, was 23. He married Elzina Janette Beckstead on 30 November 1874, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 9, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1895. He died on 22 December 1930, in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in South Jordan Cemetery, South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Gorden S Beckstead in household of Henry Beckstead, "United States Census, 1860"
- Utah, Select Marriages, 1887-1966
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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World Events (8)
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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GORDON SILAS BECKSTEAD
EXCERPTS FROM JOURNAL OF GORDON SILAS BECKSTEAD Gordon Silas Beckstead, born at Unita, Weber Courty, Utah, 13 July 1854 lived in Unita, Ogden and Birch Creek. We moved from Birch Creek to West Jordan …
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