When Margaret Bell Grotts was born on 16 February 1837, in Township of Spring Creek, Pike, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Grotts, was 30 and her mother, Mary Ann Peck, was 20. She married John Jackson Bickmore on 2 July 1853, in Lewis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Hamburg Precinct, Calhoun, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Gilead, Calhoun, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died in 1875, at the age of 38, and was buried in Pittsfield West Cemetery, Township of Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Americanized form of German Grotz .
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