When Nancy Frances Bucklin was born in July 1818, in Warren, Lincoln, Maine, United States, her father, Joseph Coombs Bucklin, was 31 and her mother, Calista Gardiner, was 22. She married William Henry Wightman on 15 August 1836, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died on 14 February 1867, in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 48.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
English (Surrey): variant of Buckland .
Probably also an Americanized form of Swiss German Büchlin, a very rare variant of Büchli (see Buchli ).
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