When Absalom Thompson Franklin was born on 30 July 1830, in Concord, Campbell, Virginia, United States, his father, Robert H. Franklin, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth J North, was 30. He married Elizabeth Permelia Pew in 1865, in Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Missouri, United States in 1870 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 10 January 1905, in Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Randolph, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1831: Cook, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Cook and DuPage counties]
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
The Lager Beer Riot came at a time in Chicago's history where large waves of Irish and German immigrants moved to the city. The Riot was started because the Mayor of the city renewed enforcement of an old liquor ordinance mandating that taverns be closed on Sundays and to raise the cost of a license to sell liquor from $50 to $300 each year. This didn't sit well with the German immigrants because they felt like it was directed towards them and their heritage. There was only one death throughout the time of the riot, though protesters claimed that it was more.
Biblical name, probably meaning ‘father of peace’ in Hebrew. It was borne by the third son of King David, who to the great sorrow of his father rebelled against him and was eventually killed when he was caught by the hair in an oak tree as he fled (2 Samuel 15–18). The name has never been particularly common in the English-speaking world.
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