When Melissa Sanford was born on 22 February 1821, in Canton, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, Ira Sanford Sr., was 37 and her mother, Margaret Vandenburg, was 31. She married Charles Warren Jones on 2 June 1841, in Schuyler, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Bear Creek Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 14 December 1904, in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Augusta, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Hancock, Illinois, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
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