Brief Life History of Mary Magdaline
When Mary Magdaline Phelps was born on 15 May 1778, in Orange, Virginia, United States, her father, John Phelps I, was 39 and her mother, Mary Katherine LeGrand, was 44. She married Reuben Stapp on 17 December 1793, in Madison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She died on 25 June 1865, in Madison, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Madison, Kentucky, United States.
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- Mary M Stapp in household of Irvine P Stapp, "United States Census, 1860"
- Magdelin Phelps, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Mary Magdaline Phelps Stapp, "Find A Grave Index"
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1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1781 · The First Constitution
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.
1801 · Cane Ridge Revival
The Cane Ridge Revival took place for six days in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. From August 6, 1801- August 12 or 13, 1801, around 20 thousand people gathered together for what was called the Second Great Awakening.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .
History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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