When Daniel O Gehr was born on 19 August 1812, in Washington, Maryland, United States, his father, George Gehr, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Fisher, was 33. He married Harriet Berryhill on 10 September 1834, in Dauphin, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 September 1884, in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
German:
from a short form of the various personal names formed with Old High German gār, gēr ‘spear, lance’ (see, for example, Gerhardt , Gerhold ).
topographic name from the Middle Low German and Middle High German word gēre, used to denote a wedge-shaped plot.
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