Brief Life History of William Cobb
When William Cobb Pillsbury was born on 9 January 1820, in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine, United States, his father, Jonathan Pillsbury, was 57 and his mother, Shuah Milliken, was 43. He married Nancy Frost on 1 January 1846, in Limington, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870. He died on 1 January 1895, in Limington, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Limington Village Cemetery, Limington, York, Maine, United States.
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- Wm C Pillsbury, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Cobb Pilsberry, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- William C. Pillsbury, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1832 · Calais Branch is Chartered
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, so namedfrom the genitive of the Old English personal name Pīl +burh (dative byrig) ‘fortified place’.
History: William Pillsbury (or Pilsbury) came to MA from England as early as1641, settling first in Dorchester and then in Ipswich. His descendantJohn Sargent Pillsbury (1828–1901), who made the name famous forflour, was a miller and governor of MN.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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