When Mary J. Speelman was born on 3 September 1837, in Knox, Ohio, United States, her father, William Speelman, was 31 and her mother, Lettitia Long, was 27. She married David John Burgoon on 18 October 1859, in Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Milford Township, Knox, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. She died on 21 May 1913, in Knox, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bennington Township, Licking, Ohio, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
In 1848, by state legislative action, Knox County lost 3 western townships, South Bloomfield, Chester and Franklin, to Morrow County, leaving Hilliar as the lone original western township.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Dutch: occupational name for a musician, tumbler or jester, from spelen ‘to play’ + man ‘man’.
Americanized form of Jewish Spielman or German Spielmann .
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