When Isabella Eckels was born on 22 April 1811, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Huston Eckels, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Huston, was 23. She married John Swiler on 9 February 1832, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Silver Spring Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. She died on 20 May 1858, in Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Silver Spring Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, 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.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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German: patronymic from Eckel .
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