When William Burris Britton was born on 20 August 1841, in Clinton, Ohio, United States, his father, William Burris Britton, was 34 and his mother, Sarah Ann Thacker, was 33. He married Lydia Jane Moon on 18 January 1866, in Clinton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Green Township, Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Wilmington, Clinton, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 14 March 1889, in David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in David City Cemetery, David City, Butler, Nebraska, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On May 30, 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed. It allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery within their borders. This Act repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Butler, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Butler, Nebraska, United States
English (of Norman origin): variant of Breton , and ethnic name for a Breton, from Old French Breton, the oblique case form of Old French Bret; compare Brittain and Brett .
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