Brief Life History of Leigh Richmond
When Leigh Richmond Cropper was born on 22 October 1844, in Rose Hill, Harris, Texas, United States, his father, George Waters Cropper, was 42 and his mother, Sebrina Land, was 32. He married Fanny Louisa Powell on 19 September 1864, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1860. He died on 28 September 1927, in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Deseret City Cemetery, Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Leigh R Cropper, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Leigh Richmond Cropper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Leigh Cropper in entry for Fanny Powell, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · Mexican-American War
Known in the United States as the Mexican War. President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna did not officially acknowledge the secession of Texas, and interpreted the US involvement with Texas as an invasion of borders. Mexican forces attacked American forces in an event called the Thornton Affair, prompting President James K. Polk to send a request for war to Congress. The war ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, which required the Mexican Cession of the northern territories and acceptance of the Rio Grande as the southern border of the United States. At the same time, the U.S. committed to pay Mexico $15 million for war damages and assumed roughly $3.25 million of their existing debt.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of cereal crops, from cropper(e) ‘one who reaps crops or trims trees’, an agent derivative of Middle English cropt(en) ‘to pick’. The word was used also to denote the polling of livestock and the name may therefore have been given to someone with this responsibility.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of George Wise CROPPER
GEORGE, WISE CROPPER George Wise Cropper, son of George Waters and Sebrina Land Cropper was born May 4, 1846 in Harris County Texas. George wise was converted to the L.D.S. religion by Jacob Crof …
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