When John Barton Atchison was born on 19 January 1823, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, William Hildreth Atchison, was 26 and his mother, Elisabeth Hood, was 20. He married Melinda Elizabeth Stanton on 4 April 1844, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 2 July 1897, in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Panaca, Lincoln, Nevada, 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.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
Scottish, English, and northern Irish: palatalized form of northern English Atkinson .
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Possible Related NamesA BRIEF SKETCH OF THE STANTONS AND ATCHISONS By Laura Lee Daniel Stanton, son of Amos Stanton and Elizabeth Wyman, was born 28 May 1795, at Onandago County, New York. He was the seventeenth mem …
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