When William Riley Landers was born on 12 December 1838, in Glenns Valley, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States, his father, Joshua Franklin Landers, was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth Almeda Brown, was 25. He married Susan Ann Taylor on 28 December 1856, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1900 and White Rock Township, McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died on 31 October 1923, in Bluejacket, Craig, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Bluejacket Cemetery, Craig, Oklahoma, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Historical Boundaries 1849: McDonald, Missouri, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (of Norman origin) and Irish: habitational name from Norman French de Londres ‘of London’, Gaelicized in Ireland as de Londras.
English: variant of Lander , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
German and Dutch: patronymic from Lander . Compare Landress .
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