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  • Judge Justin Harlan (1800 - 1879)
    Following are excerpts from his obituary (a full one appears on Ancestry.com.Clark county Herald, Wednesday, March 18, 1879, page 5 OBITUARY A fitting Tribute to the Memory of Judge Justin Harlan Justi...
  • Maj. Gen. Wiliam Jenkins Worth (1794 - 1849)
    William Jenkins Worth (March 1, 1794 – May 7, 1849) was an American officer during the War of 1812, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican–American War. -------------------------------------------...
  • Cpt. Ambrose B. White (1811 - 1885)
    Ambrose B. White, Grayson County, Texas pioneer and founder of Whitesboro, was born in Ohio on October 24, 1811, and spent the early years of his life near Springfield, Ohio, and in the Illinois Territ...
  • Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock (1793 - 1847)
    Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock, soldier and surveyor, was born on March 31, 1793, in Hanover, New Hampshire, the son of Col. Eleazar Wheelock, Jr., a Revolutionary War veteran, and Thankful (Pennock) ...
  • Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Weatherford (1811 - 1867)
    Thomas Jefferson Weatherford, Texas state senator, was born in Bedford, Tennessee, on December 29, 1811, the son of John M. and Frances (Spraggins) Weatherford. His full name was Thomas Jefferson Weath...

There were two Wars called the Black Hawk War

1. A war fought in 1832 in the Midwestern United States between Sauk and Fox Indians on one side and the United States Army and Illinois militia on the other. See; http://www.geni.com/projects/Black-Hawk-War-1832

References;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_War

2. A conflict, 1865-1872, between Mormon settlers and Native American tribes in Utah. See http://www.geni.com/projects/Black-Hawk-War-1865-1872

References;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hawk_War_(1865-1872)
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/blackhaw...