Brief Life History of Margaret Ann
When Margaret Ann Foster was born on 23 January 1840, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, George Foster, was 29 and her mother, Jane McCullough, was 20. She married Harvey Harris Cluff on 24 January 1856, in Usa, Palau. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 20 September 1883, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- 1840 U.S. Census, population schedule: Margaret Ann Foster
- Margaret Ann Foster, "Find A Grave Index"
- Margaret Ann Foster, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
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1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
In 1841, the Nauvoo Legion was organized. It was a group of men formed to protect the people of Nauvoo but also fought in different wars. Joseph Smith was the Lieutenant General of this group. Other leaders included Brigham Young, John C. Bennett, and others. They were part of the Illinois Mormon War (1844-1846), Mexican-American War (March of California, Capture of Tucson), Indian Wars (Battle Creek Massacre, Battle of Fort Utah, Walker War, Ute Black Hawk War, Mountain Meadows Massacre), American Civil War, and Morrisite War. The Legion was disbanded in 1887.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Forster ‘worker in a forest’.
English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English foster ‘foster parent’ (Old English fōstre, a derivative of fōstrian ‘to nourish or rear’). But other explanations are equally or more likely.
English: from Old French forcetier ‘maker of scissors’; see Forster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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BIOGRAPHY OF MARY JANE CLUFF BRIM
Mary Jane Cluff was born on 25 June 1855 in Provo, Utah, Utah Territory to Benjamin and Mary Ellen Foster Cluff. She was the oldest of seven children, three girls and four boys. Her mother, M …
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