Ann Hough

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Hough was born on 27 June 1794, in Milford, Pike, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jonathan Hough, was 47 and her mother, Ann Michener Barton, was 38. She married George Carson on 17 February 1817, in Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 1 February 1869, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Hyde Park Cemetery, Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Carson
1794–1851
Ann Hough
1794–1869
Marriage: 17 February 1817
William Huff Carson
1818–1901
John Carson Sr
1819–1895
Jonathan Carson
1820–1845
Elizabeth Ann Carson
1822–1899
George Carson, Jr.
1827–1856
David Carson
1827–1905
Washington Carson
1830–1856
Mary Ann Carson
1833–1914

Sources (60)

  • George Carson, "United States Census, 1820" family of 4 and 2 in-laws in Wayne, Mifflin, Pennsylvania
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ann Hough - birth: 27 June 1794;
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

World Events (8)

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Cheshire): from Middle English hoʒ, Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land, ridge’. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived by such a feature, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Hough in Cheshire. This name has the same origin as Howe : Hough is from the nominative case (Old English hōh), while Howe from the dative singular. See also Howes .

Irish: variant of Haugh .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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The deaths of George and Washington Carson

THE TINTIC WAR AND THE DEATHS OF GEORGE AND WASHINGTON CARSON Lynn R. Carson (June 9, 1979) PREFACE This booklet about the deaths of George and Washington Car …

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