When Orin Mortimer Beckstead was born on 21 June 1830, in Williamsburgh Township, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, his father, Francis Beckstead Jr., was 19 and his mother, Maria Beckstead, was 19. He married Jane Ellen Roberts on 11 March 1863, in Valley, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Carson City, Nevada, United States in 1910. He died on 9 February 1912, in Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
Historical Boundaries: 1851: Eagle Station, Utah Territory, United States 1858: Carson, Utah Territory, United States 1861: Carson, Ormsby, Nevada Territoy, United States 1864: Carson, Ormsby, Nevada, United States 1943: Carson City, Ormsby, Nevada, United States 1969: Carson City, Nevada, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Ormsby, Nevada Territory, United States 1864: Ormsby, Nevada, United States 1969: Carson City, Nevada, United States
Americanized form of North German Beckstedde or Beckstedt: topographic name from Low German Beck ‘stream’ + -stedde ‘place’, or a habitational name from Beckstedt near Wildeshausen, Oldenburg.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Son of Francis Beckstead and Mary Beckstead Born in Williamsburg, Dundas, Ontario Canada Served as a Private of the Mormon Battalion, Company A, with first cousin, Gordon Silas Beckstead. An uncle, …
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