Brief Life History of William Dunham
When William Dunham Osterhout was born on 3 February 1831, in Nicholson, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Webster Osterhout, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Stephens Jayne, was 19. He married Eliza Ann Utley on 20 June 1861, in Lenoxville, Lenox Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Nicholson Township, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died on 25 June 1895, in Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Dunmore, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- William Osterhart in household of Webster Osterhart, "United States Census, 1860"
- William D. Osterhout, "Find A Grave Index"
- Osterhout Family History in possession of Karen Sue Boyd
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1842
Historical Boundaries: 1842: Wyoming, Pennsylvania, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Dutch Oosterhout: topographic name from ooster ‘eastern’ + hout ‘wood’ or habitational name for someone from either Oosterhout in North Brabant or in Gelderland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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