Brief Life History of William Wright
When William Wright Rockwell was born on 6 September 1820, in Belleville Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Lewis Rockwell, was 31 and his mother, Clarissa Webb, was 21. He married Mary Polly Ann Powell on 17 March 1849, in Lorain, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Lanark, Carroll, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Springfield, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 27 December 1901, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lanark City Cemetery, Lanark, Carroll, Illinois, United States.
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- William W Rockwell, "United States Census, 1850"
- William W. Rockwell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- William W. Rockwell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1833
Historical Boundaries: 1833: Greene, Missouri, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire): habitational name either from Rockwell End in Hambleden (Buckinghamshire), derived from Old English hrōc ‘rook’ + holt ‘wood, thicket’, or from one or more unidentified places in southwestern England apparently named Rockwell. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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