When Rebecca Ann Frakes was born on 19 July 1836, in Vigo, Indiana, United States, her father, Rev Asa Frakes, was 33 and her mother, Rebecca A. Dickerson, was 31. She had at least 3 sons. She lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States in 1880. She died on 6 November 1890, in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Prairie Creek, Prairie Creek Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
English: variant of Freak, with post-medieval excrescent -s; see Frake .
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