When Nancy H Apgar was born on 29 October 1855, in Peapack-Gladstone Borough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, her father, Henry H Apgar, was 31 and her mother, Catherine Hoover, was 23. She married Jacob Wesley Swackhamer on 27 December 1876, in Liberty Corner, Bernards Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in New Jersey, United States in 1870 and Bernards Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States in 1880. She died on 9 October 1903, in Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Readington Reformed Church Cemetery, Readington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States.
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No Civil War battles took place within the state boundaries of New Jersey, but its citizens participated extensively in the war. Volunteers that were turned away ended up serving in the militias of nearby states like Pennsylvania and New York. Whenever President Lincoln requested more troops, New Jersey responded quickly. In total, the state contributed over 88,000 soldiers (6,000 of which died).
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Americanized form of North German Epgert: habitational name from a village in the Rhineland called Epgert. The surname Epgert is very rare in Germany. Compare Apker .
History: Friedrich Epgert alias Frederick Apgar, from Westerwald Rhineland-Palatinate, died in Cokesbury, NJ, in 1760. Sergeant Peter Apgar served in the Hunterdon County, NJ, militia in the American Revolutionary War.
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