When Caroline Barto was born on 25 April 1830, in Steuben, New York, United States, her father, John S. Barto, was 30 and her mother, Polly, was 28. She married James 'Henry' Shears about 1846, in United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Summit Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 6 July 1878, in St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in New Richmond, St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1840: St. Croix, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1848: St. Croix, Wisconsin, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of French Barteau .
Americanized form of Italian Berto , and possibly also a shortened (and altered) form of some surname beginning with Barto- or Berto-.
Hungarian (Bartó): from a short form of the personal name Bartalan, an archaic variant of Bertalan, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). The surname Barto of Hungarian origin is also found in Croatia (see also below).
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