Brief Life History of William Edward
When William Edward Harkins III was born on 29 October 1796, in Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Edward Harkins II, was 47 and his mother, Hannah Anna Sarah Redman, was 20. He married Roxanna Roxina Rosey Rosencrantz in 1818, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Glen Haven, Grant, Wisconsin, United States in 1860 and Osage Township, Bates, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 11 October 1887, in Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rich Hill, Bates, Missouri, United States.
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- William Harkins, "United States Census, 1840"
- Wm. Harkins, "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930"
- William Harkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital
Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish (Donegal), English, and Scottish (Lanarkshire): variant of Harkin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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