When George W Eckles was born in 1786, in Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Arthur Richard Eckles, was 45 and his mother, Abigail Matthews, was 46. He married Elizabeth Henan in 1810. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Big Beaver Township, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1830 and Cool Spring, Coolspring Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died in April 1851, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Historical Boundaries 1800: Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
English: variant of Eccles . This form is now rare in Britain.
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