When Isaiah John Whitfield was born on 23 February 1835, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, his father, Frederick John Whitfield, was 34 and his mother, Susannah Churchill, was 23. He married Catherine Knapp on 3 June 1860, in Oakland, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Keene Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1880. He died on 24 October 1891, at the age of 56, and was buried in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States.
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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.
Michigan is the 26th state.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
English: habitational name from any of various places called Whitfield, for example in Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Kent, Northamptonshire, and Northumberland, or Whitefield in Lancashire and the Isle of Wight, named with Old English hwīt ‘white’ + feld ‘open country’, probably because of their chalky soil.
History: Henry Whitfield (1597–c. 1657), preacher and scholar, came from Mortlake, Surrey, England (now part of Greater London) to New Haven, CT, in 1639 and was one of the first settlers in Guilford, CT. He had ten children, some of whom he left in CT when he returned to England in 1650, where he died.
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