When John Hyrum Kinyon was born on 13 July 1843, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Wilford Farnum Kinyon, was 25 and his mother, Lucinda Swarthout, was 24.
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"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
English and Irish: variant of Kenyon . Compare Kinion .
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