When Louisa Jane Webb was born on 8 March 1837, in Greene, Ohio, United States, her father, Henry Webb, was 24 and her mother, Rebecca Ann Martin, was 19. She married Abraham Hosier on 20 October 1859, in Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sugar Creek Township, Greene, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 22 July 1919, in Madison Township, Clark, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Zimmerman, Beavercreek, Beavercreek Township, Greene, Ohio, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: occupational name for a weaver, from early Middle English webbe (Old English webba (masculine) or webbe (feminine), probably used of both male and female weavers). This word survived into Middle English long enough to give rise to the surname, but was already obsolescent as an agent noun; hence the secondary forms with the agent suffixes -er and -ster (see Webster , Webber and compare Weaver ).
Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames, cognates of 1, including Weber and Weberman.
History: Richard Webb, a Lowland Scot, was an admitted freeman of Boston in 1632, and in 1635 was one of the first settlers of Hartford, CT.
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