When Alma Moses Behunin was born on 12 March 1837, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Isaac Behunin, was 33 and his mother, Elmina Polly Tyler, was 25. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He registered for military service in 1853. He died on 4 February 1909, in Utah State Hospital, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in East Lawn Memorial Hills, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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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.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
Probably Irish: variant of Bohannon .
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Possible Related NamesBirth and Ancestry Elmina was Isaac's second wife and raised Isaac Morton Behunin. "Elmina Tyler married Isaac Behunin October 1, 1834, at the age of 23; he was 31 years of age. The third …
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