When John William Richards was born on 27 May 1808, in Florida, United States, his father, Juan Bautista Richard, was 31 and his mother, Isabella Rebecca Francisca Hart, was 23. He married Mary Ross from 1830 to 1835, in Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 11 June 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Tallahassee was named the state capital in 1824 by Floridas first territorial governor, William P. DuVal.
English: variant of Richard , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. Compare Rickards .
German: patronymic from the personal name Richard .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJohn William left Florida and traveled to Texas and Louisiana before traveling with a Mormon Wagon Train. He was destined for Oregon, but somehow along the way the family decided to go to Salt Lake. …
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