When William Henry Harrison Keyes was born on 20 November 1812, in New London Township, Huron, Ohio, United States, his father, Francis Keyes, was 41 and his mother, Temperance Sanders, was 48. He married Eliza Ann Herrick on 12 April 1834, in Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Coast Fork Precinct, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1884. He registered for military service in 1851. He died on 9 May 1895, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English, Irish and Scottish: variant of Kay , of various origins, mostly, with excrescent -s.
English (of Norman origin): in some cases, possibly a variant of Guise, a habitational name from Guise in Aisne, Picardy.
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