When Hosea French was born on 20 March 1837, in Illinois, United States, his father, James French, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Travis, was 24. He lived in Lawrence Township, Lawrence, Illinois, United States in 1850. He died on 7 November 1851, in Sumner, Lawrence, Illinois, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Sumner, Lawrence, 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.
After the twenty years that the capital was moved to Vandalia, the General Assembly, under the leadership of Abraham Lincoln, voted to move the capital to Springfield. Springfield is still the capital of Illinois to this day, even though Chicago has long surpassed the capital on population.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English:
ethnic name for someone from France, from Middle English frensh, frenche ‘French’ (Old English frencisc), or in some cases, perhaps a nickname for someone who adopted French airs.
variant of Anglo-Norman French Frain .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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