When Samuel Whitney Richards was born on 9 August 1824, in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Phineas Richards, was 35 and his mother, Wealthy Dewey, was 37. He married Mary Haskin Parker on 29 January 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1880 and Sugar House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 26 November 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
"The Black Hawk War was a brief conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted soon after Black Hawk and a group of other tribes, known as the ""British Band"", crossed the Mississippi River, into Illinois, from Iowa Indian Territory in April 1832. Black Hawk's motives were ambiguous, but records show that he was hoping to avoid bloodshed while resettling on tribal land that had been given to the United States in the 1804 Treaty of St. Louis."
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSamuel Whitney Richards was born August 9, 1824, in Richmond, Berkshire, Massachusetts, to Phinehas Richards and Wealthy Dewey Richards. He heard the gospel from his father’s cousin, Brigham Young. He …
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