When James Watson Rollins was born on 24 May 1856, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, James Henry Rollins, was 39 and his mother, Eveline Cressy Walker, was 33. He married Harriet Ann Eyre on 14 December 1881, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1860. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 10 December 1917, in Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lyman City Cemetery, Lyman, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
English: variant of Rolling , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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