When Hephzibah Williams was born on 12 September 1809, in Union, Indiana, United States, her father, Anthony Williams, was 36 and her mother, Eleanor Fordyce, was 21. She married Lot Duvall on 14 November 1833, in Union, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Liberty Township, Union, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 June 1906, in Liberty, Center Township, Union, Indiana, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in West Point Cemetery, Liberty, Center Township, Union, Indiana, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1822: Union, Indiana, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
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