Brief Life History of Bathsheba
When Bathsheba Long was born on 15 August 1831, in Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States, her father, Rosamond Long, was 28 and her mother, Hannah Stanford, was 27. She married Solomon Tompkins Finch on 22 July 1847, in Clay, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Clay, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Stanford Township, Clay, Illinois, United States in 1870. She died on 16 July 1871, in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Flora, Clay, Illinois, United States.
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- Bathsheba Finch in household of Abraham Long, "United States Census, 1860"
- Bathsheba Finch, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
- Bathsheba Long Finch, "Find A Grave Index"
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1832 · Black Hawk War
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Clay County Illinois Biographies
In 1870 Bethsheba Long Finch on the I5th day of February was married to John Resen Finch, who was a son of Aaron, and grandson of John Finch, who was a brother of Moses and Solomon Finch. To this unio …
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