When Matilda C. Stark was born on 18 May 1836, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States, her father, James J. Stark, was 32 and her mother, Matilda Jane Hopkins, was 29. She married Mathias Onroe Spyres on 18 March 1852, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Lees Creek Township, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1880.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.
Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).
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