When Margaret Catherine Pound was born on 28 June 1840, in Clark, Illinois, United States, her father, James Fieldan Pound, was 29 and her mother, Eleanor 'Ellen' Case, was 23. She married William Hamilton French on 24 November 1859, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Township of Penn, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Township of Pickaway, Shelby, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 21 December 1916, in Audubon Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Little Flock Cemetery, Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1841: Richland, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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: topographic or occupational name from Middle English pound(e) ‘enclosure for distrained or stray livestock’, signifying one who lived at or worked at a pound.
English: nickname from Middle English pound(e), powund ‘measure of weight; monetary unit’, perhaps used for a maker of weights.
Probably an Americanized form (translation into English) of German Pfund or the North German cognate Pund .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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