When Sarah Crowell Roll was born on 19 August 1821, in Cass, Iowa, United States, her father, William M Roll, was 33 and her mother, Mary Eddy, was 30. She married Dr. William Pleasant Short on 11 October 1838, in Sangamon, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Salt Creek Township, Mason, Illinois, United States for about 20 years. She died on 26 January 1901, in Carlinville, Macoupin, Illinois, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Mason City, Mason, Illinois, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Macoupin, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
German (also Röll): from Middle High German rolle, rulle ‘roll, list’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.
German: from a short form of the personal names Rudolf or Roland .
German: habitational name from either of two places called Rolle, in Westphalia and Pomerania.
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