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John was sherriff of Calloway County, Missouri. He married first to Mary Polly Burton, and secondly to Barbara Roth of Indiana in 1813. He had 26 children, only 13 of which lived to adulthood.
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1776
| 1776 • American Revolution: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony officially to authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. |
1789
Dec 31
Age: 14y
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marriageMary Polly Burton Woodford, Kentucky, USA ⇓ John Burton is listed as Mary Polly's father. 5 Sources ⇓ |
| 1789 • George Washington is unanimously elected the first President of the United States by the United States Electoral College. |
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Age: 22y
1798
Age: 22y
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birth of childLucretia Snell Kentucky, USA ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1798 • French forces invade the Papal States and establish the Roman Republic. |
1825
Age: 49y
movedCalloway County, Missouri, USA ⇓ He had married Barbara Roth in 1813. 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1825 • Malden Island (an uninhabited island in the central Pacific Ocean) is discovered. |
1828
Age: 52y
occupationCalloway County, Missouri, USA ⇓ Elected sheriff of Calloway. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1828 • Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed between Brazil and Denmark, establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.[http://books.google.dk/books?id=FZsAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA717&dq=&hl=da&ei=2DswTeTRJoXtOdTuuKwK&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22denmark%20and%20brazil%22&f=false British and foreign state papers] |
1844
Sep 26
Age: 68y
| 1844 • Persian Prophet The Báb privately announces his revelation to Mullá Husayn, just after sunset, founding the Bábí Faith (later evolving into the Bahá'í Faith as the Báb intended) in Shiraz, Persia (now Iran). Contemporaneously, on this day in nearby Tehran, was the birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá; the eldest Son of Bahá'u'lláh, Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith, the inception of which, the Báb's proclaimed His own mission was to herald. `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself was later proclaimed by Bahá'u'lláh to be His own successor, thus being the third "central figure" of the Bahá'í Faith. |