When Samuel Miller Swisher was born on 28 May 1821, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John Henry Swisher, was 36 and his mother, Mary Magdalena Henry, was 37. He married Elizabeth Knapp Minnerly on 30 December 1840, in Richland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tod Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Mendota Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 28 July 1907, in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Restland Cemetery, Mendota Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1831: Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of German Schweitzer ‘Swiss’.
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