When Elizabeth Rebecca Oxford was born on 25 December 1805, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonathan Oxford, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth White, was 31. She married James Lafayette Owenby on 17 August 1820, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Allen, Kansas, United States in 1860 and Roanoke Township, Randolph, Arkansas, United States in 1870. She died on 3 May 1875, in Jacobs Creek Landing, Coffey, Kansas, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Strawn Cemetery, Jacobs Creek Landing, Coffey, Kansas, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
A barroom brawl in Savannah on Tuesday, November 12, 1811, had international impact. An American seaman boasted of having joined the crew of a French vessel, likely named La Vengeance. Others became upset at the idea of the American joining a foreign nation and a brawl erupted. The county coroner asked for peace but was beaten with clubs. A second clash occurred the following day when French sailors attacked five American seaman. A day after the second attack, twenty French sailors attacked six Americans. Four of them escaped but two were beaten and stabbed. Jacob Taylor died on the scene and a rigger named Collins died the following day. By Friday, a full scale riot erupted when the French crewmen arrested on murder charges were released. Many were arrested and French ships La Vengeance and La Franchise were burned. In the end, the incident caused disruptions in French-American relations and affected shipping and trade.
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.
English (southern and central England): habitational name from the city of Oxford. The placename derives from Old English oxa ‘ox’ + ford ‘ford’. Compare Oxenford .
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