When Henry Smith Harker was born on 8 July 1820, in Port Byron, Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, James Harker, was 46 and his mother, Puella Higley, was 33. He married Isabella Duffield on 20 October 1842, in Glasford, Peoria, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bond, Illinois, United States in 1865 and Illinois, United States in 1870. He died on 26 July 1875, in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Bartonville, Peoria, Illinois, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1825: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English:
habitational name either from Harker (now Harkerside) in Grinton parish (North Yorkshire), of uncertain etymology, or from Harker in Halsall parish (Lancashire), derived from Old English hār ‘hoar, gray’ or Old English hara ‘hare’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘marsh overgrown with brushwood’.
nickname for an eavesdropper or busybody, from an agent derivative of Middle English herkien ‘to listen’. The name seems to be attested in southwestern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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