When Susan Jane Cheek was born on 29 January 1836, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Henderson Cheek, was 32 and her mother, Lucinda or Lucy Bryan, was 17. She married Isom Waggoner on 15 September 1853, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Gap Civil Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Whitehead Township, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 1 December 1912, in Alleghany, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Whitehead, Alleghany, North Carolina, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
English: from Middle English cheeke (Old English cē(a)ce), used as a nickname for someone with some deformity or scar in the region of the cheek or jawbone. Compare Cheak and Chick .
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