When George Washington Witter was born on 4 May 1821, in Almond, Almond, Allegany, New York, United States, his father, Clark Lawrence Witter, was 33 and his mother, Mary Anna Polly Greene, was 29. He married Alzina Kent on 5 July 1851, in Willing, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Wellsville, Wellsville, Allegany, New York, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1865. He died on 28 April 1894, in Potter, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pleasant Valley Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, 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.
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.
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name, composed of the elements wid(u) ‘wood, forest’ + hari ‘army’.
North German: occupational name for a whitewasher or plasterer, from Middle Low German witten ‘to make white’, or for a coiner, from witten ‘to determine the contents of gold or silver by boiling’.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Whitter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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