When Mahala Collings was born on 3 October 1821, in Spencer, Kentucky, United States, her father, Allen Andrew Collins, was 24 and her mother, Mary “Polly” Broady, was 32. She married Warren Potter on 21 May 1837, in Adams, Burton Township, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Durham, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 1 March 1899, in Colusa, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Byley Cemetery, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1839: Hancock, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: variant of Collins or Colling , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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