When Mary Wyant was born on 14 March 1811, in Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jacob Wyant, was 32 and her mother, Mary Magdalena Diebert, was 19. She married Jacob M.B. Miller about 1831, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lucas, Lucas, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Quincy Township, Adams, Iowa, United States in 1860. She died on 13 September 1886, in Quincy, Adams, Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Quincy Cemetery, Quincy, Adams, Iowa, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
English (Bedfordshire): variant of Wyand 1, with excrescent -t.
Americanized form of German Weiand, itself a variant of Wiegand .
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