When Joseph Coe Webster was born on 27 July 1824, in Logan Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States, his father, Hiram B Webster, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Winans, was 18. He married Mary Ayres on 21 October 1847, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Chester Township, Logan, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Pekin, Tazewell, Illinois, United States in 1914. He died on 6 March 1873, in Lincoln, Logan, Illinois, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Logan, 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: 1825: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Logan, Illinois, United States
English and Scottish: occupational name for a weaver, from Middle English webbester ‘weaver’ (Old English webbestre ‘female weaver’). By the time of surname formation, the gender distinction of the -stre suffix had almost completely disappeared. Compare Webb , Webber , and Weaver .
History: The name Webster was brought to North America from England independently by several different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. One John Webster settled in Ipswich, MA, in 1635; another John Webster (died 1661), ancestor of the lexicographer Noah Webster, emigrated to Cambridge, MA, c. 1631 and later became one of the founders of the colony of CT, of which he was appointed governor in 1656. Daniel Webster (1782–1852), politician and orator, was born in Salisbury, NH, a descendant of Thomas Webster, a prominent 17th-century citizen of Ipswich, MA, whose family had settled there around 1635, while he was still a child.
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