When Edward Hampton Sutterfield was born on 30 March 1830, in Morgan, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Sutterfield, was 29 and his mother, Jane Ann 'Dovey' Tapley, was 20. He married Elizabeth E. Vest on 12 January 1851, in Reynolds, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Carroll Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. He died on 11 September 1914, in Bee Fork, Reynolds, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in West Fork Cemetery, Carroll Township, Reynolds, Missouri, United States.
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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.
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.
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
English: possibly a habitational name from a lost or unidentifiedplace.
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