When Peninah Jane Gohn was born on 1 September 1844, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Henry Gohn, was 49 and her mother, Eva Thomas, was 40. She married Archibald Glenn "Archie" Courson about 1860, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Franklin Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Monroe, Beaver Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 22 February 1907, in Toby Township, Clarion, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 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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The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
German: from a shortened form of the personal name Johann (see John ).
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