When Joseph Calvin Houston was born on 1 May 1823, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Robert Houston, was 38 and his mother, Delilah Fanning, was 17. He married Sarah Birkes on 11 June 1846, in Huntsville, Madison, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Arkansas, United States in 1870 and Piney Township, Madison, Arkansas, United States in 1900. He died on 13 November 1901, in Rockhouse, Madison, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Rockhouse, Madison, Arkansas, United States.
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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.
The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
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