When Mary Frances Staton was born on 27 November 1846, in Tamaroa, Perry, Illinois, United States, her father, William Staton, was 35 and her mother, Nancy Lipe, was 27. She married James Alexander Wilks on 20 January 1859, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 24 January 1880, in Pinckneyville, Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Perry, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Perry, Illinois, United States
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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