When Hugh Allison Pearce was born on 13 February 1811, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Pearce, was 20 and his mother, Lucinda Allison, was 18. He married Susan Cason on 30 July 1829, in Leef Township, Madison, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Madison Township, Richland, Illinois, United States in 1830. He died in 1845, at the age of 34.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Welsh, English, and Irish: variant of Pierce .
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