When James Humphrey Humphreys was born about 1823, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, his father, James George Humphreys, was 30 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Liptrap, was 26. He married Barbara Ann Allen on 6 June 1848. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Lovington Township, Moultrie, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died about 1898, in Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 77.
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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.
"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."
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: from the Middle English and Norman French personal name Humfrey, from ancient Germanic Hunfrid, Humfrid, composed of the elements hūn- ‘bear cub’ + frithu ‘peace’. The name was borne by a 9th-century Christian saint, bishop of Therouanne, who had a certain following in England among Norman settlers.
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