When Simon Lamont Sperry was born on 10 December 1845, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, John Wesley Sperry, was 34 and his mother, Florella Sarah Oatman, was 29. He had at least 2 sons with Sarah A. Cass. He lived in Hancock Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1850 and La Harpe Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 5 July 1905, in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in La Harpe, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English (Leicestershire): from the early Middle English personal name Sperry (Old Norse Sperrir, perhaps originally a nickname for a tall man, from Old Norse sperra ‘spar, beam, stake’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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