When Hulda Jane Fenn was born in 1832, in Shoreham, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Orlo H. Fenn, was 23 and her mother, Louisa Turrill Lawrence, was 19. She lived in Sylvan Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1860. She died on 25 July 1917, in Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Vermont Cemetery, Chelsea, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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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.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English: topographic name in south-east England for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, from Middle English fen(ne) ‘fen, marsh’ (Old English fenn).
South German: topographic name from Old High German fenni, Middle Low German and Old Frisian fenne ‘bog’. Compare Fehn .
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 馮, see Feng 1.
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