Brief Life History of Alonzo
When Alonzo Wilbur was born about 1820, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Leonard Tisdale Wilbur, was 17 and his mother, Sophia Abigial Keniston, was 14.
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1820 · Making States Equal
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.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
"The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then ""The West"". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors."
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: LaSalle, Illinois, United States
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wilber .
History: Samuel Wilbur (c. 1585–1656), also known as Wilbore and Wildbore, is recorded in Boston, MA, before 1633 and purchased Boston Common in 1634. He and other religious exiles from MA purchased and settled Aquidneck Island (now RI) in 1637.
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