Brief Life History of John Bachman
When John Bachman Stehman was born on 4 May 1810, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Johannes Stehman, was 26 and his mother, Mary Bachman, was 24. He married Feronica "Fannie" Hershey Snavely on 22 October 1844, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. He died on 30 January 1890, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Penn Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- John Stamm in household of Jacob Stamm, "United States Census, 1850"
- John Stehman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G991-L9H6-R?cc=1999196&wc=9PMV-RM9%3A268493801%2C269210301
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Stehmann:
variant of Steen 2, with the addition of Middle Low German man ‘man’.
habitational name (originally Stedemann) for someone from Steden near Bremen.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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