When Frances Ann Richards was born on 18 December 1831, in Sidney, Clinton Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States, her father, Augustus Richards, was 51 and her mother, Frances Lee Doggett, was 42. She married Alexander Liles on 14 December 1853, in Mills, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Anderson Township, Mills, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 20 February 1907, in Griswold, Cass, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Henderson, Mills, Iowa, United States.
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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.
Sidney incorporated as a village in 1834.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Cass, Iowa, United States
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
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