When Margaret Kilts was born on 22 October 1819, in New York, United States, her father, Conrad N Kilts, was 21 and her mother, Margaret Pickle, was 22. She had at least 4 daughters with Orson Kimball. She lived in Lenox, Lenox, Madison, New York, United States for about 5 years and Smithfield, Madison, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 August 1891, at the age of 71, and was buried in Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro, Madison, New York, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Americanized form of German Kilz, a habitational name from a place called Kilz (see Kilzer ), probably of Slavic origin (see Kilzer ).
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