When Samuel Spotswood Pritchett was born on 28 August 1856, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States, his father, William Dekalb Pritchett, was 32 and his mother, Barbara Ellen Fulcher, was 28. He married Mary White on 10 February 1874, in Montgomery, Missouri, United States. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Jefferson Township, Madison, Montana, United States in 1900. He died on 31 May 1924, in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Forest Vale Cemetery, Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States.
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EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Mary Ella Ewing BIRTH 24 Oct 1858 Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA DEATH 27 Nov 1859 (aged 1) Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA BURIAL Forestvale Cemetery Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Montana, USA Show Map PLOT Valleyview 19 MEMORIAL ID 95863067
Montana was made a territory by President Abraham Lincoln on May 26 1864. The capital was Virginia City and remained the capital until 1894, when Helena became the capital.
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.
Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhisiart ‘son ofRichard’. Compare Pritchard .
English (Midlands): from a diminutive of Middle English prik(e), prich ‘point’, ‘prick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or user of any of various pointed instruments, or a nickname for a tall, thin man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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