When William Turpin Ghormley was born on 7 May 1814, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, his father, Hugh Ferdinand Ghormley, was 25 and his mother, Nancy Charles, was 26. He had at least 1 daughter with Mary Simpson. He registered for military service in 1861. He died in 1844, in District 861, White, Georgia, United States, at the age of 30.
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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.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Irish: variant of Gormley .
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