When George Hepford was born on 21 September 1842, in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, David Hepford, was 28 and his mother, Susannah Lingel, was 28. He married Susan Martin on 19 January 1864, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He registered for military service in 1864. In 1870, his occupation is listed as farmer in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States. He died on 15 January 1924, in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in East Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Americanized form of German Gepfert, itself a variant of Gottfried , or from a personal name formed with the stem Geb- as in Gebhardt .
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