When Esther Ann Peirce was born on 24 December 1801, in Thornbury Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Peirce, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Trimble, was 32. She married William Atkins Gheen on 7 May 1823, in Concord Monthly Meeting, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Concord Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1823 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 2 September 1858, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
Illinois is the 21st state.
English: variant of Pierce .
History: The name Peirce first appears in colonial American records in 1623with William Peirce, an English shipmaster who compiled the firstalmanac in English America.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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