Brief Life History of George Washington
When George Washington Card was born on 17 October 1831, in Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, his father, James Madison Card, was 46 and his mother, Sarah Davis dau of George, was 28. He married Elizabeth Jane Harris on 18 November 1852, in Hillsboro, Montgomery, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Montgomery, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 27 August 1913, in Audubon Township, Montgomery, Illinois, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Oconee, Shelby, Illinois, United States.
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- George W Card in household of Radford I Virden, "United States Census, 1910"
- Illinois, County Marriages, 1800-1940
- U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
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1832 · Black Hawk War
The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the "British Band", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis.
1832 · The Black Hawk War
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Kent and Sussex): perhaps from Middle English carde ‘card’, an implement for teasing wool for spinning (from medieval Latin cardus) and therefore short for Carder or a metonymic occupational name for a maker of wool carders. Alternatively, from Middle English carde ‘playing card’ (Old French carte), also ‘kind of fabric’ (medieval Latin carda), which could have been a nickname given to a card player or a metonymic occupational name for maker and seller of the fabric.
Irish: shortened form of McCard .
French: from a shortened form of the personal name Ricardon, a pet form of Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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