When Margaret Balsley was born about 1814, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, her father, George Adam Balsley, was 34 and her mother, Susannah Erwin, was 50. She died in Illinois, United States.
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Illinois is the 21st state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Americanized form of Swiss German Balzli: from a pet form of the personal name Balthasar (see Baltazar ). Compare Baltzley and Polsley .
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