When Olive Mable Gierhart was born on 10 July 1836, in Marietta, Washington, Ohio, United States, her father, Christian Gierhart, was 28 and her mother, Mary Polly Strong, was 23. She married Harrison Newton on 10 September 1853, in Stark, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 30 March 1915, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Prairie View Cemetery, Gilman, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1843: Poweshiek, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
North German: variant of Gerhardt .
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