Virginia P. Sawhill was born on 1 January 1842, in Pennsylvania, United States as the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Sawhill and Christiann Robinson. She married William John Boggs on 23 December 1863, in Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 19 April 1908, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Orr Family Cemetery, Ohio, West Virginia, 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.
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