When Mary Roland "Pollie" Dilley was born on 18 November 1812, in Guernsey, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, her father, Abraham Dilley, was 27 and her mother, Jane Wilson McCleary, was 29. She married Dr. Noah Spiers Hill on 30 September 1833, in Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 3 August 1887, in Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
English: possibly a pet form of an unrecorded Old English personal name Dylla, found as the first element in the placenames Dillington (in the former Huntingdonshire) and Dilton (in Wiltshire). The name may sometimes have been confused with Doyley and Dolley (see Olley ).
German: variant of Dilly or a surname of French origin, an altered form of Delay .
In some cases also an altered form of French Dilly .
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