When William H Jeffries was born on 11 October 1845, in Wells, Indiana, United States, his father, Jesse Jeffries, was 47 and his mother, Martha Jane Harvey, was 22. He married Lydia Houtz on 12 January 1865, in Wells, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lancaster Township, Wells, Indiana, United States in 1850. He died on 20 May 1871, in Wells, Indiana, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Saint Paul Cemetery, Uniondale, Rockcreek Township, Wells, Indiana, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
English: variant of Jeffrey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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