When Samuel Whisler was born on 17 November 1823, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, his father, John Whisler Sr., was 23 and his mother, Anna Spitler, was 28. He married Miranda Leavell on 22 September 1846, in Henry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Udell Township, Appanoose, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 21 October 1870, in Udell, Appanoose, Iowa, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Udell, Appanoose, Iowa, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of Whistler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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