When Eleanor "Ellen" Law was born on 9 January 1836, in Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States, her father, Robert Law, was 25 and her mother, Susannah Clark, was 23. She married Philipp Michael Eisele on 12 January 1854. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Butler, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 March 1897, in Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Arcola, Douglas, Illinois, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Coles, Illinois, United States 1859: Douglas, Illinois, United States
Scottish and northern English: from a Middle English personal name Law(e), a short form of Lawrence .
Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived near a hill, northern Middle English law (from Old English hlāw, which generally became low in the south and law in the north). Compare Lowe and Lew .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 羅, based on its Cantonese pronunciation, see Luo 1.
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