When Mary B Richards was born about 1841, in Conneaut Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George W Richards, was 44 and her mother, Mary B Shontz, was 39. She married Jerome Wallace Wilkins on 25 September 1865, in Jefferson, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Dorset, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died in March 1869, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Michigan, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
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