When Edith Powers was born on 30 October 1800, in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Nathaniel Powers, was 25 and her mother, Esther Johnson, was 22. She married Warren Coss on 20 September 1824, in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hebron, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Wisconsin, United States in 1870. She died on 20 July 1887, in Palmyra, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Hebron, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
American settlers began mining the Wisconsin Territory in the early 1800's. The lead ore in the territory had largely been mined previously by American Indians. By 1829, nearly 4,000 miners had moved to Wisconsin Territory. The miners became known as badgers as they burrowed into hillsides for shelter. The name eventually represented the state and Wisconsin is now known as the Badger State. (Wisconsin Historical Society: Lead Mining in Southwestern Wisconsin)
English (Warwickshire and Lancashire): variant of Power , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
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