When James Howell Hargis was born on 24 September 1824, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Henderson Hargis, was 27 and his mother, Permelia Uhles, was 26. He married Melissa May Cragun on 6 March 1845, in Macon, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Randolph, Randolph, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 20 March 1889, in Florence, Pike, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Ellis Grove, Randolph, Illinois, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1840: Pike, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Essex): perhaps a variant of Hargest . Alternatively, an altered form of German or Frisian Harges, which is probably of the same origin as Frisian Harjes .
History: The (majority of the) American bearers of the surname Hargis trace their origin to George Hargis, who was transported from England to VA in 1642 and whose grandfather is believed by some to be Louis Harges, a Frenchman from Normandy, supposedly of Danish parentage. The surname Harges is not found neither in France nor in Denmark; it is, however, found in northern Germany, though it is very rare there.
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