When Catherine Stump was born on 16 July 1778, in Hardy, Virginia, United States, her father, Lt. Col James Leonard Stump, was 28 and her mother, Catherine Elizabeth See, was 24. She married Solomon Harness on 15 March 1796, in Hardy, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. She died after 13 July 1850, in Wood, Virginia, United States.
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On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
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.
English and German: from Middle Low German stump ‘tree stump’ (borrowed into Middle English), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a prominent tree stump, or else a nickname for a short, stocky person.
German: nickname from Middle High German stumpf ‘maimed, mentally incompetent’ for a dull or inexperienced person.
German (mainly northern and central): variant of Stumm .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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