Okay, here is the first draft of........"You Wanted To Know About Them".
John and Elizabeth Dickens welcomed their son Charles and daughter Marie Annette into their lives on Feb. 24th of 1812. John is a small bookshop owner in London and business appears to be thriving so far.
Henry Clay has so far stuck with his legal career and has had a pretty successful plantation operation as well. He has, however, begun to question the ethicality of slavery recently, and still believes in its eventual abolition. This hasn't made him very popular with his fellow planters, but has gained him friends amongst the working class, even in a few parts of the Deep South.
Thomas Lincoln lived in Kentucky with wife Nancy and sons Abraham and Joseph, and daughter Sarah, up until 1810, though they now live in the Indiana Territory as of 1814. An incident in which Tom lost his temper and accidentally injured young Abraham in March, 1813, has left some mental scars, due to his disbelief about what he had done. Abraham himself, however, remains in good spirits.
William Henry Harrison. (1771-present) U.S. Army general and former governor of the Indiana Territory. His most recent conflict was the Indian Wars; one of the most notable fights was the Battle of Terre Haute in July, 1813, during the Maumee War. The fighting lasted for 13 days and threatened to destroy the whole city, but Harrison's men stopped them by killing the commander of the Maumee forces on the 18th. The Maumees had all retreated by the end of that day, Harrison's company victorious. Unfortunately, though, much rebuilding needed to be done, so he stayed in town for a few months, before leaving in early October 1813. As of April, 1814, he resides in Columbus, and planning on running for the Senate.
Sam Houston (1793-present). Planter's son who left home in 1812 to go find a living in Missouri. He resides in St. Louis as of July 1814, and although is slightly in poverty, he has found love in the form of a mysterious young lady, known only as Sallie, who seems to have immigrated, or perhaps fled from, Upper Canada. He dreams one day of starting his own plantation in Tennessee, although he isn't sure if Sallie would agree to it or not. Sam is also willing to consider a tour or two in the military.
Zebulon Pike, Jr. (1779-1814). He explored the southwest frontier of the U.S. in 1806-07, in the First Pike Expedition, and again in 1811, in the Pike-Magee Expedition[*]. He had married Clarissa Brown in 1802, with their daughter Clarissa having been born in 1803, and son Zachary in September, 1806. They had a satisfactory family life together, though Pike was to die in the battle of Martinez Pass[*]
William Lowndes(1782-present). Plantation owner from South Carolina who moved to Georgia in 1806 and was elected as a Congressman there in 1810, being only 28 at the time, making him that state's youngest Congressman to date.
Charles Fremont came to America in 1807 to escape the wars in Europe, and met high-spirited Anna Marie Shelley in Charleston, S.C. in Feb. of the following year. Their daughter Marie Joanne was born in December, 1808, and son John Barton in August, 1812, both in the city. He continues to live in Charleston as of September, 1814 and is working as a merchant near the port, with a reputation around town as honest, yet shrewd.
Lewis Cass(1782-present). He is a young congressman from N.H. who currently resides in Concord. So far, he has had no military accolades but has stated to his constituents that he would take up arms if requested to heed the call to arms in a time of war.
John Quincy Adams(1767-present). The son of the 2nd President, J.Q. .had been taken on as chief ambassador to Austria in late 1812 and was requested by President Madison to assist with negotiations at the end of the Napoleonic Wars in November of 1813. Previously he had been the Senator from Massachusetts and had been somewhat popular. However, though, a small dilemma soon developed in the Bay State; due to his win in the elections only the week before his being hired, there was a vacancy in his office afterwards, and it took many days to figure out who would replace him. Only in December 1813 was someone chosen; a minor Councilman from Fall River named Joseph McCarney was to become the state's first ever Acting Senator. As of August, 1814, Adams is still ambassador to Austria and living in Vienna.