Brief Life History of Horace Nephi
When Horace Nephi Spafford Sr was born on 5 July 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Horace Spafford, was 48 and his mother, Martha Stiles, was 46. He married Jane Eliza Taylor on 6 January 1865, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Springville, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1866. He died on 19 October 1894, in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States.
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- Nephi Spafford in household of Elmer Taylor, "United States Census, 1860"
- Horace Nephi Spafford, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Nephi Spafford, "BillionGraves Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English (Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire):
habitational name usually from Spalford (Nottinghamshire). The placename may derive from Old English Spaldas, the name of an Anglian tribe who settled chiefly in the fen-lands of Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, or from spald ‘ditch, trench’ + ford ‘ford’.
variant of Spofforth, a habitational name from Spofforth (Yorkshire), probably from Old English spot ‘small piece, plot of land’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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