When John Lipsey was born about 1825, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, his father, John Lipsey, was 52 and his mother, Angeletta Combs, was 43. He married Nancy Whitesitt on 2 November 1843, in Johnson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1851, in North Madison, Madison, Jefferson, Indiana, United States, at the age of 28.
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The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
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.
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Lipschitz and also of its rare Polish-influenced variant Lipszyc.
In some cases possibly also an Americanized form of Hungarian Lipcsey: habitational name for someone from any of various places called Lipcse in former Zólyom and Liptó counties of Hungary (now Liptov in Slovakia and Máramaros in Romania).
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