When Mary Elizabeth Padgett was born on 29 October 1809, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Padgett, was 27 and her mother, Mary Eleanor Allen, was 21. She married James Partlow Black on 2 February 1826, in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Schuyler, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Bainbridge Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 7 July 1851, in Woodstock Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, 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.
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English (mainly Yorkshire): from a Middle English diminutive of page, paige ‘servant, groom’ (see Page ).
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Possible Related NamesRushville, Illinois Schuyler County August 3, 1851 Dear Children: After my best love and compliments to you it becomes my painful duty to announce to you the death of your beloved mother by cholera …
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