When Selden Beavers was born on 10 November 1819, in Highland, Ohio, United States, his father, Thomas Beavers, was 53 and his mother, Sarah Spencer Lentz, was 35. He married Rachel W Spargur on 21 October 1842, in Highland, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Paint Township, Highland, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Valley Township, Page, Iowa, United States for about 15 years. He died on 9 October 1892, in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Villisca, Montgomery, Iowa, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1834: Michigan Territory, United States 1834: Des Moines, Michigan Territory, United States 1836: Des Moines, Wisconsin Territory, United States 1836: Wisconsin Territory, United States 1838: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Iowa, United States 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States 1851: Montgomery, Iowa, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: variant of Beaver , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
History: William Walter Beavers, from whom many American bearers of this surname are descended, was born in Wales on July 25, 1755 and married Elizabeth Ragsdale in Lunenburg County, VA. He died c. 1807 in Elbert County, GA.
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