When John Rood was born in 1808, in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Capt. John Rood, was 39 and his mother, Henrietta Loren Logan, was 39. He married Almira Kline on 21 July 1833, in Egremont, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 22 May 1865, in Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Braceville Center Cemetery, Braceville, Trumbull, Ohio, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
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.
Dutch: nickname for someone with red hair, from Middle Dutch ro(e)de ‘red’.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a village or town cross (Middle English rōde, roode, Old English rōd(e)).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a woodland clearing, from an unrecorded Middle English rōd(e), rood, Old English rēod(e). This name would have been synonymous with Road (see Rhode 1) and the two names were therefore interchangeable, especially in Somerset and Devon.
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