Brief Life History of Franklin Vernon
When Franklin Vernon Niles was born in 1821, in Perry Township, Martin, Indiana, United States, his father, Moses Barber Niles, was 39 and his mother, Elizabeth Whitmore Chandler, was 36. He married Lucinda Combs on 14 December 1845, in Spencer, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Hall Township, Dubois, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 9 May 1862, in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Spencer, Indiana, United States.
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- F V Niles, "United States Census, 1850"
- Franklin V Niles, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Franklin Vernon Niles, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
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.
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Nile (see Neal ), with post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: possibly a variant of Neils . The surname Niles is very rare in Germany.
History: John Niles from England is known to have been in Dorchester, MA, as early as 1634, before putting down roots in Braintree, MA, where his grandson Samuel was a Congregational minister for many years.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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