Brief Life History of Keziah Jane
When Keziah Jane Butler was born on 25 February 1836, in Simpson, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Lowe Butler I, was 27 and her mother, Caroline Farozine Skeen, was 23. She married Lemuel Hardison Redd Sr. on 2 January 1856, in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She immigrated to Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States in 1836 and lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 15 May 1895, in New Harmony, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- CENSUS: IA, Pottawatomie Co., Kesiah Butler, "United States Census, 1850"
- Keziah Jane Butler Redd, "BillionGraves Index"
- Keziah Jane Butler in entry for Mrs Alice Redd Rich, "Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015"
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1839 · Nauvoo is Settled
After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
John D. Lee's wife and children were the first burials after the flood of Harmony Fort.
Name Meaning
English: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula ‘bottle’). In the large households of royalty and the most powerful nobility, the title came to denote an officer of high rank and responsibility, only nominally concerned with the supply of wine, if at all. As well as being widespread in England, this is also the surname of an important Irish family, descended from Theobald FitzWalter, who was appointed Chief Butler of Ireland by King Henry II in 1177. It is Gaelicized as de Buitléir.
English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English boteler ‘maker of bottles (usually of leather)’, a derivative of Middle English botel, Old French bo(u)teille ‘bottle’ and synonymous with Botelmaker.
Americanized form of French Bouthillier (see Bouteiller ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Lemuel Hardison Redd
Lemuel Hardison Redd Sr. Born: July 31, 1836, in Sneads Ferry, Onslow County, North Carolina Died: June 9, 1910, in Colonia Juarez, Mexico Married: Keziah Jane Butler (January 2, 1856) Married: …
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