When Parthenia Pugh was born on 17 September 1841, in Perry, Illinois, United States, her father, Bales Pugh, was 39 and her mother, Leah Van Voorhees, was 41. She married Thomas Edward Turner on 2 August 1860, in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pinckneyville Election Precinct, Perry, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States in 1910. She died on 18 May 1913, in Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Welsh: Anglicized form of the patronymic ap Hugh ‘son of Hugh’ (see Hughes ).
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