When Ann West Evans was born on 27 February 1794, in Marietta, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel Evans, was 35 and her mother, Frances Lowrey, was 19. She married John McElderry on 5 March 1812, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 26 January 1857, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Historical Boundaries 1803: Louisiana Purchase, United States 1812: Missouri Territory, United States 1821: Missouri, United States
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
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