Brief Life History of Hyrum Smith
When Hyrum Smith Rich was born on 8 October 1846, in Mount Pisgah, Union, Iowa, United States, his father, Charles Coulson Rich, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Jane Peck, was 21. He married Elizabeth Stock on 29 June 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 17 August 1924, in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in St. Charles, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.
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- Hiram S Ricks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Hyrum Smith Rich, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
- Hyrum S Rich, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wealthy man (or perhaps in some cases an ironic nickname for a pauper), from Middle English, Old French riche ‘rich, wealthy’, a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to ancient Germanic rīc ‘power(ful)’.
English: from the Middle English personal name Rich, a pet form of any of the post-Conquest names beginning in Rich-, such as Richer and especially Richard . Compare Rick .
English: either a topographic name from Middle English riche(Old English ric) ‘stream’, signifying one who lived beside a stream, as at Glynde Reach (Sussex), or perhaps a habitational name from the (now lost) village of Riche (Lincolnshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Family History of Hyrum Smith Rich
Hyrum Smith Rich, a Utah pioneer of 1847, was the son of Charles Coulson Rich and Sarah Jane Peck Rich. His father had six wives and 52 children. Hyrum was the third son of Charles C. and the first ch …
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