When Charles Pease was born on 9 February 1811, in Warren, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, his father, Honorable Calvin Pease, was 34 and his mother, Laura Grant Risley, was 24. He married Mary Elizabeth Kirtland on 23 July 1832, in Poland Township, Trumbull, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Rockport Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He died on 30 March 1895, in Lakewood, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, 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.
The Battle of Put-In-Bay was fought on September 10 off the coast of Lake Erie. This battle was fought between the United States and the British during the War of 1812. The British wanted to seize control of Lake Erie at the beginning of the war. The battle lasted one day but many casualties occurred on both sides before the British ultimately surrendered to the U.S.
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: from Middle English pese, pise (Old English peose, pise) ‘pea’. The word was commonly used to denote something small or of little worth, as in the phrase not worth a pese. It may have been used to nickname someone who habitually used the term or who was thought to merit it. It might alternatively have been a name for a pea-seller. Compare Bean .
Americanized form of French Pié (see Pie ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
History: Robert and John Pease came from Great Baddow, Essex, England, to Salem, MA, in 1634. In 1644 Robert died, leaving a son (also called Robert) who was apprenticed as a weaver in Salem. By 1646 John Pease was living on Martha's Vineyard.
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