When John Henry Standifird was born on 21 June 1831, in Elizabethtown, Hardin, Kentucky, United States, his father, Aquilla Standiford, was 29 and his mother, Catharine Huffman, was 26. He married Mary Ann Argyle on 16 January 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Taylor, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1880 and Alpine Precinct, Apache, Arizona, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1862. He died on 24 November 1924, in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Moab, Grand, Utah, United States.
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Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
English: variant of Standford or of (its cognate) Stanforth . Compare Standeford and Standifer .
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