When Willis Butrick was born on 24 February 1809, in North Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Joseph William Butrick Sr., was 29 and his mother, Elizabeth Maran Sharp, was 28. He married Lovinia Mervin on 20 September 1832, in Nelson, Portage, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Missouri, United States in 1870. He died on 17 April 1877, in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Lawrence, Missouri, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
Altered form of English Buttrick .
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