When Henry Harrison Wilson was born in September 1852, in Ohio, United States, his father, David M Wilson, was 38 and his mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 29. He married Caroline Rucker on 8 August 1878, in Monroe, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Washington, Monroe, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 30 June 1904, in Alta Vista, Wabaunsee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Corning Cemetery, Corning, Nemaha, Kansas, United States.
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Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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