Brief Life History of Elijah Edmond
When Elijah Edmond Horton was born on 9 July 1850, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Horton, was 41 and his mother, Maria Meades, was 36. He married Rachel Christobel Frazier on 12 May 1872, in Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 13 December 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Wanship Cemetery, Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Elijah Horten in household of Edward Horten, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Elijah Hortin, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Elyah Horton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Summit, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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