Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Peach was born on 12 March 1804, in Wharton Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Peach, was 27 and her mother, Elizabeth Woods, was 34. She married Thomas Bradford Hopwood in 1824, in Hopwood, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 16 December 1869, in Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Jacksonville, Jackson, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Elizabeth Hopwood in household of Thomas Hopwood, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Peach - birth-name: Elizabeth Peach
- Elizabeth Peach Peach, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Old French pecch(i)et, pech(i)é (from Latin peccatum) ‘fault, sin’. Compare Petch and Peachey .
Probably an Americanized form of German Pietsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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