When Jane E. Welch Hoyle was born in 1859, in Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, United States, her father, Carner Clark Welch, was 26 and her mother, Fanny A J Ingram, was 22. She married John Hoyle on 6 September 1874, in Greene, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rockford Township, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Kendrick Township, Greene, Iowa, United States in 1870. She died in 1882, in Scranton, Greene, Iowa, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Scranton, Greene, Iowa, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .
German: variant of Welk .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
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