When Elizabeth Stamm was born on 11 December 1830, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Stamm, was 23 and her mother, Nancy Reswick Stamm, was 23. She married Charles Calkins on 4 May 1853, in Darke, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Greenville, Darke, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. She died on 6 February 1916, at the age of 85, and was buried in Glenwood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, 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.
February 20, 1839, Congress prohibits dueling in Washington D.C. It is inspired by the incident where William Graves, a Kentucky Rep. is killed by Jonathan Cilley, a Maine Rep.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
North German: habitational name from any of various places in East Prussia named Stamm.
German and Swiss German: from Middle High German, Middle Low German stam ‘family tree, descent’, ‘stock’, hence ‘son and heir’, possibly applied as a nickname for the eldest son of a family.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Stamm ‘stem, stock’, or perhaps in some cases a short form of names such as Aronstam ‘stock of Aaron ’ (the first high priest), Kohenstam ‘stock of the kohenim’ (see Cohen ), and Löwenstam ‘stock of the Levites’ (see Levy , compare Lowe 4). Compare also Stam .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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