When Sarah Jane Hodge was born on 3 December 1823, in Madison, New York, United States, her father, Lyman H. Hodges, was 22 and her mother, Mary A Brown, was 21. She married George Norman Barnard on 24 January 1843, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oswego, Oswego, New York, United States in 1850. She died on 26 March 1884, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Onondaga Hill, Onondaga, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Norfolk and Suffolk): from the Middle English personal name Hogge, a rhyming pet form of Roger . In The Canterbury Tales, Chaucer's cook, ‘highte Hogge of Ware’, is invoked ‘Now tell on, Roger …’. Since Middle English spellings of the personal name are often impossible to distinguish from the nickname Hog(ge) ‘hog’, some early examples may be variants of Hogg .
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