When Julia Helen Hanford was born on 16 October 1833, in Michigan, United States, her father, William Harlow Hanford, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Leonard, was 27. She married Samuel J Boynton on 20 March 1855, in Canton, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Canton, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Beresford, Union, South Dakota, United States in 1900. She died on 21 September 1909, in Union, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Beresford, Union, Dakota Territory, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Michigan is the 26th state.
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Cole, Dakota Territory, United States* 1864: Union, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Union, South Dakota, United States *Cole renamed Union in 1864
English: habitational name from any of the places called Hanford (Staffordshire and Dorset), Handforth (Cheshire), or Hannaford in Swimbridge (Devon).
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