When Mary Conover Botkin was born on 2 November 1840, in Champaign, Ohio, United States, her father, Isaac Botkin, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Sargeant, was 31. She married Benjamin Reeves Parish in 1857, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Deer Creek Township, Custer, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years and Cedar Township, Logan, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 8 August 1920, in Thomas, Custer, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mound Valley Cemetery, Custer, Oklahoma, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Pawnee, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Pawnee, Nebraska, United States
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English: variant of Bodkin . This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.
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