When Margaret Hepfer was born about 1780, in Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Stephen Hoepffer Sr., was 35 and her mother, Gertrude Helmerich, was 32. She married Michael Fegley about 1808, in Pennsylvania, United States.
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Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Altered form of German Höpfer (see Hopfer ).
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