When John Coke Riggin was born on 3 February 1801, in Sevier, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Riggins, was 44 and his mother, Mary Howard, was 35. He married Elizabeth Reid on 26 August 1824, in Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1839, in Madison, Illinois, United States, at the age of 38.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Perhaps an altered form of Reagan .
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