When Stephen William Goodnight was born in 1811, in Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States, his father, Michael Goodnight, was 39 and his mother, Charlotte Dural, was 28. He married Sarah Jane Logan on 18 July 1838, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Ashmore, Coles, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 2 January 1898, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1812: Knox, Indiana Territory, United States 1813: Warrick, Indiana Territory, United States 1816: Warrick, Indiana, United States 1818: Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Americanized form of German Gutknecht and perhaps also of its Dutch equivalent Goedknegt.
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