Morillo Sperry Woodworth
1810–Male
United States
The Life of Morillo Sperry
When Morillo Sperry Woodworth was born in 1810, in United States, his father, Benjamin Woodworth, was 18 and his mother, Minerva Sperry, was 14.
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Family Time Line
Benjamin Woodworth
1792–1869
Minerva Sperry
1796–1881
Morillo Sperry Woodworth
1810–
Jerome Delamere Woodworth
1826–1864
Clarissa Woodworth
1814–1878
Minerva Cornelia Woodworth
1829–1909
Parents and Siblings
1792–1869Male
1796–1881Female
siblings
(4)
1810–Male
1814–1878Female
1826–1864Male
1829–1909Female
World Events (3)
1812
Age 2
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Age 2
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 9
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside): possibly a habitational name from Wadworth in South Yorkshire, named with the Old English personal name Wada + worth ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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