John Dewitt Rexford Land Grant
This land grant records the transfer of 160 acres of land to J. Dewitt Rexford at the land grant office in Dubuque, Iowa. The land had previously belonged to Harvey Angelly, who received it as a bounty for his service in the Florida War. The grant is signed by President Franklin Pierce.
Dates
- 1856 January 15
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This land grant records the transfer of 160 acres of land to J. Dewitt Rexford at the land grant office in Dubuque, Iowa. It is signed by President Franklin Pierce.
Biographical/Historical Note
Franklin Pierce was born on November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire to Benjamin Pierce and his wife. He married Jane Appleton on November 19, 1834, and they had three sons, each of whom died before reaching adulthood. Pierce served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1829 to 1833, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served in the House until he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1837, where he continued until 1842. He returned to New Hampshire and worked as a U.S. Attorney from 1845 to 1847. Peirce was elected to the presidency on the Democratic ticket in 1852, serving from 1853 to 1857. He ran again in 1856, but was defeated. He died on October 8, 1869 in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.
John Dewitt Rexford was born on July 5, 1820 in Sherburne, New York to Benjamin and Mary (Clark) Rexford, as the seventh of their eight children. He married Cynthia Babcock on May 20, 1846, and together they had four children, John G, Benjamin, Seneca, and Mary. Rexford read law and then practiced with his brother in New York from 1845 to 1852. In May of 1855, he moved to Janesville, Wisconsin where he was elected president of a bank in 1865, after years of practicing law and serving as a bank cashier. He wrote a book about the descendents of Arthur Rexford shortly before he died on March 13, 1895. He is buried in Sherburne, New York.
Arrangement
This collection is in one folder.
Acquisition Note
This land grant came from the Barnes collection.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository