When Rachel Nowell was born on 1 May 1841, in Elba Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, her father, Silas Nowell, was 43 and her mother, Nancy F Hatch, was 36. She married Ira Wesley Babbitt in 1857. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Smithton, Pettis, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Johnson, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 17 July 1917, in Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Knob Noster Cemetery, Knob Noster, Johnson, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1845: Johnson, Missouri, United States
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Noel , Knowles , or Newell .
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