When Olive Eliza McNeill was born on 4 February 1835, in Copley, Summit, Ohio, United States, her father, Orren McNeill, was 26 and her mother, Eliza Darrow, was 32. She married Cpl Isaac Newton Hosford on 29 March 1857, in Lee, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Chautauqua, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States in 1895 and Sedan Township, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States for about 15 years. She died on 28 May 1917, in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas, United States, at the age of 82.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Lee Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Lee, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Lee, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish and Irish (Ulster): variant of McNeil .
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