When Catharine Grisso was born on 22 June 1814, in Clark, Ohio, United States, her father, George Grisso Sr, was 30 and her mother, Catharine Frantz, was 28. She married Henry Brubaker on 18 October 1835, in Clark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Lanier Township, Preble, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Gratis, Preble, Ohio, United States in 1870. She died on 17 April 1878, in Gratis Township, Preble, Ohio, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Gratis, Preble, Ohio, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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.
Americanized form of German Gressow: habitational name from a placename in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania. The surname Gressow is apparently no longer found in Germany.
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