When George Martin Hinkel Allred was born on 27 September 1837, in Pittsfield, Pike, Illinois, United States, his father, Martin Carrol Allred, was 31 and his mother, Mary Heskett, was 27. He married Karen Maria Nielsen Sorensen on 16 March 1857. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. He died on 14 January 1926, in Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ephraim Pioneer Cemetery, Ephraim, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
English: variant of Aldred 1.
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