When Reubin Staton was born on 13 September 1822, in Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Staton, was 26 and his mother, Sydney Tarns, was 26. He married Esther Harbert on 24 November 1842, in Marion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pike Township, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Thorntown, Sugar Creek Township, Boone, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 30 August 1889, in Lebanon, Boone, Indiana, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, 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.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
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