Brief Life History of Samuel S.
When Samuel S. Brannan was born on 2 March 1819, in Saco, York, Maine, United States, his father, Thomas Brannen, was 63 and his mother, Sarah Knox, was 43. He married Harriet Hatch about 1839. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1847 and lived in San Francisco, California, United States in 1852 and California, United States in 1870. He died on 5 May 1889, in Escondido, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
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- Samuel Brannan, "California State Census, 1852"
- Samuel Brannan, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Samuel Brannan, "Find A Grave Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1834
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Dolores Esther Salazar BIRTH unknown DEATH 26 Apr 1834 BURIAL Mount Hope Cemetery San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 112488648 · View Source
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Brennan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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