When Margaret Eleanor Gilliland was born in August 1832, in Ohio, United States, her father, Jesse Gilliland, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Jane 'Peggy' Douglas, was 35. She married Capt John Jumper on 13 September 1851, in Morgan, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Manchester Township, South Bloomfield Township, Morrow, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Waterford Township, Washington, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. She died on 30 January 1905, in Beverly, Grant, Washington, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Beverly, Washington, Ohio, United States.
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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.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Scottish and Irish (Ulster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Fhaolain (Scottish) or Mac Giolla Fhaoláin (Irish) ‘son of the servant of St. Faolán (Fillan)’. Compare McClellan .
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