When Thomas C Dwiggins was born in 1807, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Robert Dwiggins, was 37 and his mother, Martha "Patsey" Crews, was 30. He married Charity McMichael on 17 November 1830, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 7 daughters. He lived in Forsyth, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Mercer, Virginia, United States in 1860. He died on 11 March 1872, in Pipestem, Summers, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 65.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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.
Irish: Anglicized form (with English genitive -s) of Gaelic Ó Dubhagáin (see Dugan ) or, more likely, of Ó Duibhginn (see Deegan ).
Possibly an altered form (by misdivision) of English Wiggins .
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