When Sarah Carter Scammon was born on 10 March 1840, in York, Maine, United States, her father, Luther Scammon, was 31 and her mother, Rhoda Farnum Carter, was 30. She married Christopher Hoover Jr. on 7 December 1858, in Bureau, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dover, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Clarion, Bureau, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 19 April 1924, in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas, United States.
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The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1862: Bureau, Illinois, United States
English: unexplained. The name does not appear in modernEnglish records.
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