Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Warfield was born about 1825, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Benjamin Warfield, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Caldwell, was 29. He married Clara Virginia Cochran in 1857, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 21 October 1866, in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 42.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Benjamin Warfield - Published information: birth-name: Benjamin Warfield
- Benjamin Warfield, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mr Benjamin Warfield in entry for Mrs Sallie Mcchesney Warfield, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Somerset): habitational name from a place in Berkshire called Warfield, from Old English wer, wær ‘weir’ + feld ‘pasture, open country’.
History: Richard Warfield came from Berkshire, England, to MD in 1662.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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