When Jesse H Polley was born on 11 January 1830, in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, Joseph Wolford Polley, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Huff, was 30. He married Anna Fox on 23 May 1852, in Bloomington Township, Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salem, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Liberty Township, Richardson, Nebraska, United States in 1885. In 1880, his occupation is listed as distributor of bliss herbs by horse and buggy in Kansas, United States. He died on 19 December 1921, in Sharon, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Sharon, Woodward, Oklahoma, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries 1833: Monroe, Indiana, United States
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
English (mainly southeastern): variant of Pooley .
German: variant of Poley .
French (northern): variant of Pollet .
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