When Louisa Frost was born on 11 March 1830, in Eliot, York, Maine, United States, her father, John Frost Jr, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Seavey, was 18. She married William Raitt on 22 September 1847, in Eliot, York, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in York, Maine, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 September 1914, in Eliot, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, York, Maine, 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.
The State of Maine chartered the Calais Railway in 1832, one of the first railway charters to be granted by the state. Construction was very long, as the project was reorganized, abandoned, transferred to other companies, and extended several times. It was finally completed in 1898.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone who suffers from being cold, or perhaps used in the sense ‘frosty, cold as frost, without warmth of feeling’, or perhaps ‘having the appearance of being covered with frost’ for one with white hair or a white beard. From Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’.
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