When Ruth Whitman was born on 23 January 1798, in Stephentown, Rensselaer, New York, United States, her father, George Whitman, was 37 and her mother, Ruth Bowdish, was 33. She married Solomon Gardner about 1818, in Chatham, Ghent, Columbia, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Township of Barrington, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 21 February 1876, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 78.
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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.
Illinois is the 21st state.
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
English (southern): from the Middle English personal name Whytman (Old English Hwītmann, from hwīt ‘white’ + mann ‘man’). Compare White 1 and also Wightman , with which this surname was probably confused.
History: John Whitman settled in Weymouth, MA, c. 1638. The poet Walt Whitman (1819–92) was descended from Joseph Whitman, who had settled in Stratford, CT, from England around 1660.
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