When Lilly Burgess Hodgin was born on 20 July 1831, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John H. Hodgin, was 35 and her mother, Mary Polly Pearce, was 35. She married Robert Russell Wallace in 1853, in Henderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 December 1871, in her hometown, at the age of 40, and was buried in Henderson, Tennessee, 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.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
shortened form of Hodgson with assimilation of /s/ to the preceding consonant.
perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Hogin, a diminutive of Hodge , though this has not yet been found in northern England.
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