When Amaziah Tobey was born on 14 July 1800, in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States, his father, Zaccheus Tobey, was 43 and his mother, Mary Gifford, was 43. He married Prudence Jane Bonham on 4 November 1822, in Butternuts, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in New York, United States in 1870. He died on 20 October 1876, in Caton, Steuben, New York, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Caton, Steuben, New York, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
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.
English: variant of Toby . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
German: from the personal name Tobias .
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